Purpose

To consider the decision to
vary the contract with We Are with You for the provision of alcohol
and drugs services to allow for the provision of additional
capacity in treatment and recovery services and additional places
in residential rehabilitation services.
 
That additional services are
provided for the period July 2023 – March 2024 under the
terms of this contract.

Decision

ROTHERHAM METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL

 

RECORD OF OFFICER EXECUTIVE DECISION
 

Decision Title

Officer Decision
Record to award Call Off arrangement(s) referenced here on in as a
Work Order(s) to We Are With You (WAWY) via the Non-core Framework
Agreement to deliver the additional activities required in the
utilisation of the Supplemental Substance Misuse Treatment and
Recovery Grant 23/24.
 

Date of Decision:
 

18/07/2023

Decision Maker:
(Including Job
Title)
 

Ben
Anderson – Director of Public Health

Specific Delegation:
(If any)
 

Under Section 4C3 of the
Responsibilities for Functions document (App 9 of the Constitution)
the Strategic Director of Adult Care, Housing and Public Health is
authorised
1 to discharge executive
functions
2 through the commissioning and
provision of social services for adults and public health services
for the whole population and delivery of housing for the Borough,
including:-
3. Public Health (a)
Commissioning and Quality (b) Health Improvement (c) Health
Intelligence (d) Health Protection
The
Sub-Scheme of Delegation of the Strategic Director of Adult Care,
Housing and Public Health delegates to the Director of Public
Health (p.3) the function to:
 
3. In
respect of procurement, contract administration and best
value: · In accordance
with Financial and Procurement Procedure Rules, matters relating to
the specification for works, goods and services, the seeking of
estimates, quotations and tenders, the evaluation of the same and
acceptance of tenders relating to contracts for works, goods and
services in accordance with approved budgets or supplementary
estimates.

Brief Description of
Decision:
 
 

The officer decision confirms
the decision to award Work Order(s) to the total value of
£532,307.99 to the substance misuse treatment provider WAWY
via the Non-Core Framework. This funding is from the
Supplementary Substance Misuse Treatment & Recovery Grant
(SSMTRG). The Work
Order(s) delivery period commenced 1st April 2023 and
will expire 31st March 2024.
The Work
Order(s) are required to deliver specific activities in the
utilisation of the SSMTRG, which also includes management of the
residential rehabilitation element of the Grant from the
1st of July 2023.
 
Details of the Work
Order(s) awarded  will be made available
on the Council’s
contracts register,
Contracts Finder and Find a
Tender.
 

Reasons for the
Decision:
 

The
decision is made in order to deliver the additional service
capacity described in the Cabinet paper of July 2022.

Details of alternative
options considered and rejected:
 

WAWY are the Councils
sole provider of the pathway for Alcohol and Drugs services. The
Core Contract and Non-Core Framework were awarded following an
openly advertised competitive procurement process undertaken in
line with the Social and Other Specific Services provision of the
Public Contract Regulations (as amended). The award of the Work
Order(s) uses the Non-Core Framework, which permits the
commissioning of additional activity as described.

Conflicts of interest
declared by any Executive Member consulted by the decision maker
which relates to the decision:
 

None

Dispensations
Granted:
(If any)
 

 None

Reports or
parts of reports considered
 

DLT paper on Officer Decision Record
to award a Call Off arrangement referenced as a ‘Work
Order’ to We Are With You (WAWY) via the Non-core Framework
Agreement, to deliver the additional activities required in the
utilisation of the Supplemental Substance Misuse Treatment and
Recovery Grant 23/24.
 
 
Approved by Ben
Anderson, Director of Public Health.

 
I
certify that this is a true record of the executive decision
to award £532,307.99 via the
Non-core Framework Agreement contract to WAWY
 

 
Signed by the Decision Maker  
 
Dated:         
18/07/2023
 
Name:
        
Ben Anderson

Director of Public Health
 
If you require any assistance
in the completion of the decision record please contact the
Governance Team governance@rotherham.gov.uk