Purpose

This report seeks approval to award the Young
People’s Integrated Substance Misuse and Sexual Health
(ISMASH) Service contract to the successful provider to commence on
1 October 2023 following a robust procurement process.

Decision

1.   
Notes that Exempt Appendices 1 to 4 are not for
publication on the basis that they contain information relating to
the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding
that information) as set out in paragraph 3 of Schedule 12A of the
Local Government Act 1972 (as amended).
 
2.   
Approves the award of a contract to Turning Point
for the delivery of a Young People’s Integrated
Substance Misuse and Sexual Health (ISMASH) Service,
for an initial three-year period from 1 October 2023 to 30
September 2026. This will include the option to extend for a
further two periods of two years each (up to seven years in total).
The value of the initial three-year term is £600,000. Rising
to a maximum of £1,400,000 should all options to extend the
contract be taken up.