Issue - meetings

In accordance with the Council’s Contract Standing Order (‘CSO’) No 88 this report seeks approval to award the contract for Local Healthwatch for Brent for a period of one (1) year with an option to extend for a period of one (1) year to the successful Tenderer following a procurement process. The report summarises the procurement process and procedure undertaken by the Council for the contract.

That approval be given to the award of the contract for the delivery of a local Healthwatch service for Brent (Healthwatch Brent) from 1 July 2015 for a term of one year with an option to extend by a further one year period to CommUNITY Barnet.

Councillor Pavey (Deputy Leader) introduced the report from the Chief Operating Officer which sought approval to award the contract for Local Healthwatch for Brent for a period of one year with an option to extend for a period of one year to the successful tenderer following a procurement process. The report summarised the procurement process and procedure undertaken by the council for the contract. Councillor Pavey referred to the pressures on the health service and the role of Healthwatch services to engage with residents/patients and to champion their cause. Councillor Moher welcomed the decision to award the contract to CommUNITY Barnet, an organisation with considerable experience.

The Cabinet also had before them an appendix to the report which was not for publication as it contained the following category of exempt information as specified in Schedule 12 of the Local Government (Access to Information Act) 1972: 

Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).

RESOLVED:

that approval be given to the award of the contract for the delivery of a local Healthwatch service for Brent (Healthwatch Brent) from 1 July 2015 for a term of one year with an option to extend by a further one year period to CommUNITY Barnet.