Award of the service contracts for Health Visiting and Family Nurse Partnership to new providers following the completion of a tender process.

A contract for the Health Visiting and Family Nurse partnership was novated to the Council on 1^st October 2015 but the contract ends on 31^st March 2016. Procurement has been carried out in accordance with Council procurement procedures and contract awards are now being recommended. It is essential for service continuity that the new contracts can commence on 1^st April and as this is a critical service an adequate mobilisation period is required to enable the TUPE transfer of staff to be completed and for robust operational arrangements to be put in place.

DECISION

1.    To agree the award of Public Health Services (0-5 years) contracts as follows:-

·         Lot 1 Health Visiting to be awarded to Tower Hamlets GP Care Group CIC as the prime contractor, with Compass Wellbeing CIC as a subcontractor.

·         Lot 2 Family Nurse Partnership to be awarded to Compass Wellbeing CIC as the prime contract, with Tower Hamlets GP Care Group CIC as the subcontractor.

2.    To agree that the Director of Public Health be delegated to make the contract awards as at recommendation 1 above.

3.    To authorise the Service Head, Legal Services, following consultation with the Director of Public Health to execute all necessary contract documents in respect of the awards of contracts referred to at recommendation 1 above.

Action by:

DIRECTOR, ADULT SERVICES (L. ADDAMS)

(Associate Director of Public Health (E Trenchard-Mabere)

(Senior Speciality Registrar in Public Health (K Cole)