Decision details

The Director of Public Health will be recommended to agree a contract variation to reduce the annual contract price for the Community Drug and Alcohol Prevention, Treatment and Recovery Service (known as Forward Leeds) delivered by Developing Initiatives for Support in the Community (DISC) with effect from 1 April 2017.

ln accordance with Contracts Procedure Rule (CPR) 21.7 the Director of Public

Health has agreed a variation to the Community Drug and Alcohol Prevention,

Treatment and Recovery Service contract (YORE-9F7N76), known as Forward

Leeds, to reduce the contract price (excluding CCG funding) by £670,000 (8%)

p.a. from £8,329,730 to £ 7,659,730 with effect from 1 April 2017 .

Following a 2% reduction to the contract value in 2016/17 this brings the total

amount of savings realised from this service to 10% which is in line with the

overall reduction to public health funding in Leeds.

ln accordance with CPR 21.7, the reduced contract value has already been

consulted on and agreed with DISC who deliver this contract.

There have been ongoing discussions over a period of twelve months to identify savings within the Forward Leeds service in line with the reduction to public health funding.

Executive member for Health and Wellbeing and Adult Social Care, Director of Public Health, DISC, PH Programme Board, PPPU.