Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Executive Councillor (Independence & Wellbeing)

(Note: this report contains information ‘not for publication’ in its appendix and this has been circulated to executive councillors only)

Greater Manchester Sexual Health Network Public Health Commissioners are planning to collaboratively procure sexual health services by procuring together, initially in sub regions of Greater Manchester. Stockport is planning to procure on a sub-regional cluster footprint with Tameside MBC and Trafford MBC; this will enable efficiencies/savings in the whole sexual health system across this cluster area. This report sets out the proposed approach.

The Executive is asked to note the content of this report and consider the joint procurement approach and if in agreement is asked to:

(i)      Authorise Stockport to jointly procure an Integrated Sexual Health Service with Tameside and Trafford.

(ii)     Authorise the Director of Public Health to award the contract on behalf of SMBC as part of the joint procurement and to do all things necessary or incidental to the award of the contract.

(iii)    Note an exemption (to enable alignment of contracts for a joint procurement exercise with Tameside and Trafford) which enables the holding over of the current Sexual Health Service contract provided by Stockport NHS Foundation Trust has been agreed to enable an extension of the existing contract from 1.4.16 until the 15.9. 2016.

Officer contact: Michael Priestley, 07800 617521, michael.priestley@stockport.gov.uk

The Executive Councillor (Independence & Wellbeing) submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) inviting the Executive to consider a proposal to enter into a collaborative procurement process for sexual health services with Tameside and Trafford councils to enable efficiencies/savings in the whole sexual health system across the area. This proposal was a first step toward the development of a Greater Manchester-wide procurement process in the future.

(Note: this report contains information ‘not for publication’ in its appendix and this has been circulated to executive councillors only)

RESOLVED – That in relation to the proposal for an Integrated Sexual Health Service:-

·                authorisation be given to jointly procure an Integrated Service with Tameside and Trafford councils;

·                the Director of Public Health be authorised to award the contract on behalf of Stockport Council as part of the joint procurement and to do all things necessary or incidental to the award of the contract;

·                an exemption to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (to facilitate alignment of contracts for the joint procurement exercise) to enable the holding over of the current Sexual Health Service contract provided by Stockport NHS Foundation Trust having been agreed to enable an extension of the existing contract from 1 April 2016 until the 15 September 2016 be noted.

To consider a report of the Deputy Director of Public Health 

This report sets out a proposal for the joint procurement of an Integrate Sexual Health Service with other Greater Manchester Authorities. Following the transfer of commissioning responsibilities to the Council from the Primary Care Trust and changes to the procurement regulations, the Council must now undertake a procurement exercise for this service. It is proposed that local authorities within Greater Manchester undertake a joint procurement for this service to realise efficiencies in a service working across a larger footprint.

(NOTE: the report contains information ‘not for publication’ contained in its appendix that has been circulated to Committee Members only)

The Scrutiny Committee is invited to comment on the proposals.

Officer contact: Michael Priestley, 07800 617521, michael.priestley@stockport.gov.uk

The Deputy Director of Public Health submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) informing the Scrutiny Committee of a proposal to procure a new Integrated Sexual Health Service jointly with Tameside and Trafford Councils, setting out the rationale for this proposal and the benefits to residents.

(Note: the report included information ’not for publication’ within its appendix that had been circulated to the scrutiny committee only).

The following comments were made/ issues raised:-

·         Clarification was sought as to whether services would be delivered locally under the jointly procured service. It was confirmed that this would be the case.

·         It was suggested that consideration should be given to the experiences of neighbouring local authorities in the development of the specification for the service as anecdotal evidence indicated that newly commissioned services did not adequately interact with secondary care services.

RESOLVED – That the proposal to jointly procure a new Integrated Sexual Health Service be noted and the comments of the Scrutiny Committee be forwarded to the Executive for their consideration.