Issue - meetings

That:

1)        the current substance misuse annual contract value of £492k be increased for the incumbent to allow for a sustained delivery of a mandatory* (*required by law or mandate; compulsory) service until 30th June 2021 whilst a new procurement exercise is completed (as allowable within PCR2015);

2)        re-commissioning of the Wokingham substance misuse service be agreed. This will start with publishing a Prior Information Notice for early market engagement and awareness of the upcoming re-procurement of the substance misuse service relevant to a contract of estimated £4.5 million. (£642k per annum);

3)        the contract value in the tender be increased to meet the anticipated demand and cost of the service.

The Executive considered a report relating to the re-commissioning of the Council’s substance misuse service in order to have a new contract in place by June 2021.

When introducing the report the Executive Member for Health, Wellbeing and Adult Services advised that the current provider of the Council’s drug and alcohol substance misuse service, which was a statutory requirement, had served notice and advised that they had been subsidising the service from their charitable reserves for some time but could no longer sustain this position.  An agreement was reached to support the provider temporarily whilst a benchmarking exercise was undertaken prior to going out to tender for a new provider.  The Council wants to ensure that any new provider would provide the service at an appropriate level with the funding in place to provide the service needed.  Therefore having undertaken the benchmarking exercise an increase in funding was being requested.

RESOLVED that:

1)        the current substance misuse annual contract value of £492k be increased for the incumbent to allow for a sustained delivery of a mandatory* (*required by law or mandate; compulsory) service until 30th June 2021 whilst a new procurement exercise is completed (as allowable within PCR2015);

2)        re-commissioning of the Wokingham substance misuse service be agreed. This will start with publishing a Prior Information Notice for early market engagement and awareness of the upcoming re-procurement of the substance misuse service relevant to a contract of estimated £4.5 million. (£642k per annum);

3)        the contract value in the tender be increased to meet the anticipated demand and cost of the service.