Purpose

To seek approval
to extend the current substance use treatment services, to procure
and award a new contract from 1st April 2025 and to accept and
spend supplementary funding.

Content

That Cabinet:

1.     
Authorised the Executive Director Adults and Communities to extend
the current substance use treatment and service provision contracts
to 31st March 2025 at a cost of £9,042,826 pro rata in
accordance with the terms of the contract.

2.     
Authorised the Executive Director Adults and Communities to extend
the current substance use treatment recording database contract to
30th June 2025 to allow for data migration and service
reconfiguration, at a cost of £25,000 pro rata in accordance
with the terms of the contract.

3.     
Authorised the Executive Director of Adults and Communities and
Director of Public Health in consultation with Cabinet Member for
Public Health and Communities to take all steps required to procure
and award the contract (which may be over the key decision
threshold) for Bristol’s prevention and early intervention
service for children and young people and specialist drug and
alcohol services for adults in line with the procurement routes and
maximum budget envelopes outlined in this report.

4.     
Authorised the Executive Director of Adults and Communities and the
Director of Public Health in consultation with Cabinet Member for
Public Health and Communities to take all steps required to extend
or vary the contracts in accordance with the maximum budget
envelopes outlined in this report.

5.     
Authorised the Executive Director of Adults and Communities and the
Director of Public Health in consultation with Cabinet Member for
Public Health and Communities to accept and spend supplementary
funding up to £6.4million to support the delivery of the
contract for specialist drug and alcohol services for adults and
prevention and early intervention for children and young
people.