Decision

Salford City Council – Record of Decision

I, Paul Dennett, City Mayor, in exercise of the powers contained within the Council Constitution do hereby:

• approve to Award the Contract for Salford Healthy Child Programme, 0-19 Service, as detailed in the table below:

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Title/Description of Contracted Service/Supply/Project

Salford Healthy Child Programme, 0-19 service

Name of Successful Contractor

Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Trust

Supplier Registration Number

(to be supplied by Corporate Procurement)

N/A

Type of organisation

(to be supplied by Corporate Procurement)

Charitable Trust

Status of Organisation

(to be supplied by Corporate Procurement)

Non-SME

Contract Value (£)

£5,599,995.07 per annum estimated average

Contract Duration

60 months

Contract Start Date

01/10/2024

Contract End Date

30/09/2029

Optional Extension Period 1

12 months

Optional Extension Period 2

12 months

Who will approve each Extension Period?

Procurement Board (extension > £150k)

Contact Officer (Name & number)

Lead Service Group

Public Health

How the contract was procured?

(to be supplied by procurement)

Open tender

Framework Details (where applicable)

(procurement body, framework reference & title, start/ end date

N/A

Funding Source

Grant

Ethical Contractor (EC): Mayor’s Employment Charter

EC: Committed to sign up to charter

EC: Accredited Living Wage Employer

Through the tender evaluation and due diligence meeting, the provider demonstrated:

1. Previous and current experience of delivering safe and effective 0-19 services for other Local Authorities.
2. How all elements of the service specification will be met.
3. A strong bid in terms of the service model and delivery.
4. A robust community and place-based approach to service delivery and vision to improve children health and wellbeing.

Options considered and rejected were: Not to award the contract.

Assessment of Risk: Medium

The incumbent provider has delivered the Healthy Child Programme for over a decade, therefore there will be multiple known and unknown interdependencies with other health services that will need to be risk assessed and managed.

The source of funding is: Public Health Grant.

Legal Advice obtained: Supplied by: Tony Hatton, Shared Legal Service, t.hatton@manchester.gov.uk – contained within the Procurement Board Paper 27 March 2024.

Financial Advice obtained: Supplied by the Finance Team, Michelle.Cowley@salford.gov.uk – contained within the Procurement Board Paper 27 March 2024.

Procurement Advice obtained: Supplied by Procurement, Carolyne.Knott@salford.gov.uk – contained within the Procurement Board Paper 27 March 2024.

HR Advice obtained: N/A.

Climate Change Implications obtained: N/A.

The following documents have been used to assist the decision process:

·      Healthy Child Programme.

·      Salford Locality Plan.

·      Early Help Strategy.

·      1001 days Strategy.

·      The Great Eight.

·      The Tackling Poverty Strategy.

Contact Officer: Gillian McLauchlan

Email: gillian.mclauchlan@salford.gov.uk

·      This matter is also subject to consider by the Lead Member for Children’s and the Lead Member for Health and Wellbeing.

·      The Lead Members have been consulted and are supportive of the proposed contract.

·      The appropriate Scrutiny Committee to call-in the decision is the Health and Children’s Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

Signed:    Paul Dennett       Dated:   27 March 2024.

                City Mayor

FOR DEMOCRATIC SERVICES USE ONLY

*           This decision was published on 2 April 2024

*           This decision will come in force at 4.00 p.m. on 9 April 2024 unless it is called-in in accordance with the Decision Making Process Rules.