Issue - meetings

This report is seeking approval to commence the procurement of Health Visiting and School Nursing services. The report also sets out benefits associated with combining the individual contracts including financial benefits.

(i)            Cabinet approved the preferred commissioning option as set out in section 5.1 of the report.

(ii)          Cabinet approved inviting tenders for the combined 0-19 Health Visiting and School Nursing services on the basis of the pre - tender considerations set out in paragraph 5.5 of the report.      

(iii)         Cabinet gave approval to officers to evaluate the tenders referred to in 2.2 above on the basis of the evaluation criteria set out in paragraph 5.5 (vi) of this report.

(iv)         Cabinet delegated to the Strategic Director of Community and Wellbeing the authority to award the 0-19 combined Health Visiting and School Nursing Contract in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Community Wellbeing, following a compliant procurement process.

Councillor Hirani, Cabinet Member for Community Wellbeing, introduced the report stating that the responsibility for the commissioning of 0-5 children’s public health services transferred from NHS England (NHSE) to local authorities on 1st October 2015.

He stated that in December 2015 a paper went to Cabinet which agreed for the contract to be extended for another year until March 2017 using the current service specification. The contract for Health Visiting and Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) services for Brent is held with London North West Healthcare Trust (LNWHT).

He stated that , in April 2013 the responsibility of 5 -19 children’s public health services transferred from NHSE to local authority responsibility including:

1.    The Healthy Child Programme for children and young people aged 5-19 years

2.    The National Child Measurement Programme,

3.    Vision Screening

Councillor Hirani stated that the contract for School Nursing for Brent is held with Central London North West Healthcare Trust (LNWHT). He informed Cabinet that this report is seeking approval to commence the procurement of Health Visiting and School Nursing services. The report also sets out benefits associated with combining the individual contracts including financial benefits.

RESOLVED:-

(i)            Cabinet approved the preferred commissioning option as set out in section 5.1 of the report.

(ii)          Cabinet approved inviting tenders for the combined 0-19 Health Visiting and School Nursing services on the basis of the pre - tender considerations set out in paragraph 5.5 of the report.      

(iii)         Cabinet gave approval to officers to evaluate the tenders referred to in 2.2 above on the basis of the evaluation criteria set out in paragraph 5.5 (vi) of this report.

(iv)         Cabinet delegated to the Strategic Director of Community and Wellbeing the authority to award the 0-19 combined Health Visiting and School Nursing Contract in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Community Wellbeing, following a compliant procurement process.