Purpose

To seek delegated
authority to procure a Framework Agreement and call-off of
contracts under it. These relate to the provision of behaviour
change interventions for perpetrators of domestic abuse, i.e. the
service known as Positive Relationships Gloucestershire (PRG).
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Decision

Cllr Paul Hodgkinson sought delegated
authority to procure a Framework Agreement and call-off of
contracts under it. These relate to the provision of behaviour
change interventions for perpetrators of domestic abuse, i.e. the
service known as Positive Relationships Gloucestershire (PRG).
 
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 and Fire to:
 
1. Conduct a competitive procurement process
in respect of a four-year single provider Framework Agreement for
the supply of the council’s Positive Relationships
Gloucestershire service. The Framework Agreement shall be awarded
to one provider who will deliver services under the following
Lots:
 

·      
Lot A: Core service delivery, perpetrator behaviour change and
early response interventions.

·      
Lot B: Local delivery of the ‘Drive Project’.

·      
Lot C: Provision of specialist perpetrator training for
professionals.
 
2. Appoint the preferred sole tenderer to this
single provider Framework Agreement.
 
3. Award a call-off contract for the supply of
the core service and intervention delivery under Lot A to the sole
appointed supplier under the above Framework Agreement. The
proposed call-off contract will continue for an initial period of
four years and include an option to extend its term for a further
period of two years on its fourth anniversary (i.e., four + two
years), a separate Cabinet decision shall be sought to authorise
the taking up of this extension. This call-off will include a break
clause on its second anniversary.
 
4. Award, subject to the financial limit set
out in the Resource Implications section of this Report below and
any subsequent funding allocations, as many call-off contracts as
may be required by the council under Lots A - C of the Framework
Agreement and to also exercise any extension options under them. If
the value of any individual proposed call-off contract exceeds
£500,000, a separate key decision shall be sought to
authorise this.
 
5. Enter into a Funding Agreement with the
Gloucestershire Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC)
under which the council will receive a funding transfer from
Gloucestershire OPCC for the purpose of part-funding (i.e., 30%) of
the cost of the call-off contract described in Recommendation 3 (on
the basis described in paragraph 15 of this report).
 
6. Enter into a s256 agreement with the
Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (ICB) under which the council
will receive a funding transfer from the ICB for the purposes of
part-funding (i.e., 18%) the cost of the call-off contract
described in Recommendation 3 (on the basis described in paragraph
15 of this report).