Issue - meetings

This report is an update to the Executive report of 9 December 2013 and concerns the procurement of the revised Child and Adolescent mental health services (CAMHS). This report requests approval to invite tenders in respect of Child and Adolescent Mental Health services as required by Contract Standing Orders 88 and 89 and requests authority to delegate authority to the Acting Director of Children and Families in consultation with the Director of Legal and Procurement and the Chief Finance Officer to award the contract.

(i)         that approval be given to the invite tenders for a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service on the basis of those pre - tender considerations set out in paragraph 3.4 of the report from the Director of Children and Families;

(ii)        that officers evaluate the tenders referred to in paragraph (i) above on the basis of the evaluation criteria set out in paragraph 3.4 (vi) of the report from the Acting Director of Children and Families;

(iii)       that the intention to tender for a contract for a term of two years with the option for the Council to extend for an additional year be noted;

(iv)       that authority be delegated to award the contract for a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service to the Acting Director of Children and Families in consultation with the Director of Legal and Procurement and Chief Finance Officer for the reasons detailed in paragraph of the report.

The Executive noted that the report from the Acting Director of Children and Families was an update to the report to the Executive of 9 December 2013 and concerned the procurement of the revised Child and Adolescent Mental Health services (CAMHS). It requested approval to invite tenders in respect of Child and Adolescent Mental Health services as required by Contract Standing Orders 88 and 89 and also authority to delegate award of the contract to the Strategic Director of Children and Young People in consultation with the Director of Legal and Procurement and the Chief Finance Officer. 

Councillor Pavey (Lead Member, Children and Families) stated that since the meeting in December 2013 when the CAMHS service had been discussed, consultation had been carried out, the outcome of which had been taken on board. The Director of Legal and Procurement confirmed that the procurement process had to be truncated in order to have a service in place by the end of the existing contract and members sought assurances that service quality would not be jeopardised as a result. The Acting Director of Children and Families assured that work was already taking place to ensure a smooth transition.

RESOLVED:

(i)         that approval be given to the invite tenders for a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service on the basis of those pre-tender considerations set out in paragraph 3.4 of the report from the Acting Director of Children and Families;

(ii)        that officers evaluate the tenders referred to in paragraph (i) above on the basis of the evaluation criteria set out in paragraph 3.4 (vi) of the report from the Acting Director of Children and Families;

(iii)       that the intention to tender for a contract for a term of two years with the option for the Council to extend for an additional year be noted;

(iv)       that authority be delegated to award the contract for a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service to the Strategic Director of Children and Young People in consultation with the Director of Legal and Procurement and Chief Finance Officer for the reasons detailed in paragraph of the report.