Purpose

To seek approval to procure and award a
contract for the provision of a suicide bereavement support
service, for residents of Gloucestershire.

Decision

Cllr Paul Hodgkinson sought Cabinet approval
to procure and award a contract for the provision of
a suicide bereavement support service, for residents of
Gloucestershire.
 
Having considered all of the information,
Cabinet noted the report and

RESOLVED to:
 
 
Delegate authority to the
Director of Public Health, in consultation with the Cabinet Member
for Public Health, Communities & Fire to:

1.             
Enter into a Section 256 agreement between the
Council and NHS Gloucestershire ICB to allow transfer of funds for
this purpose;

2.             
Conduct a procurement process in respect of a
contract for the supply of suicide bereavement support. The
proposed contract shall continue for an initial period of three
years and include options to extend its term for two further
periods of up to two years on each of its third and fifth
anniversaries (i.e. 3+2+2 years);

3.             
Award the above contract to the preferred
tenderer;

4.             
Determine whether to exercise the option to extend
the term of the above contract for a further period of not more
than two years on the expiry of the initial three-year term;
and

5.             
Determine whether to exercise the option to extend
the term of the above contract again for a further period of not
more than two years on its fifth anniversary.