Issue - decisions

It is recommended that the Director of Public Health approves the request to waive CPR 9.1 and 9.2 in order to award new interim 2 year contracts (with extension provision) without competition to the following existing providers:

Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust

• Healthy Lifestyle (including Healthy lifestyle service, Watch it (Children’s weight management service), Weight Management, Smoking Cessation Service
• Healthy child pathway (including Oral Health provision & Brushing for life, Dental epidemiology service, Specialist Community Public Health Nursing Service (5-19))
• Health Protection (including Infection control service)

GPs

• NHS Health checks

Awarding new contracts without seeking competition to these existing providers will ensure stability and continuity of key public health services whilst providing a sufficient period for the Public Health Direcotriate to work with Public Private Partnerships and Procurement Unit (PPP & PU) to undertake strategic reviews and competitive procurements of key public health priorities including Healthy Lifestyles (including smoking cessation), Healthy Child Pathway, NHS Health checks and Infection Control.  The new contracts will also align with the contract end dates for the Health Visiting and Family Nurse Partnership services to enable a full service review of the Healthy Child Pathway (0 to 19 years) to be undertaken if required.

The total annual value of these contracts is £5,175,900.