Cabinet Member for Adults, Health & Housing Services

To note the report and:

i)        Approve a two-year direct award to an eligible provider to ensure continuity of specialist, integrated SRH service provision beyond the 30^th June 2024 across Berkshire East (RBWM, Bracknell Forest Council (BFC) and Slough Borough Council).

ii)              Delegate authority and accountability for the contract award to BFC as the Lead Authority for the procurement.

iii)              BFC to work with the market and NHS commissioning bodies to develop a life course response to sexual and reproductive health needs that offers better services for local communities. This process will result in initiation of a procurement of the specialist integrated SRH service during the lifetime of the 2-year contract to ensure longer term provision.

That Cabinet noted the report and:

i)               Approved a two-year direct award to an eligible provider to ensure continuity of specialist, integrated SRH service provision beyond 30 June 2024 across Berkshire East (RBWM, Bracknell Forest Council (BFC) and Slough Borough Council.

ii)              Delegated authority and accountability for the contract award to BFC as the Lead Authority for the procurement.

iii)             Agreed that BFC would work with the market and NHS commissioning bodies to develop a life course response to sexual and reproductive health needs that offered better services for local communities. This process would result in initiation of a procurement of the specialist integrated SRH service during the lifetime of the 2-year contract to ensure longer term provision.

Councillor Del Campo outlined the key aspects of the report to Cabinet. This was a statutory service that the borough provided to its residents and that it was a requirement of the public health grant to provide reproductive and sexual health. 27% of the contract was owned by RBWM, with it also being shared with Bracknell Forest Council and Slough Borough Council. She then made it clear to Cabinet that there was also a Part II appendix to the report, however a decision could be made in Part I. Councillor Werner seconded this.

AGREED: That Cabinet noted the report and:

i)               Approved a two-year direct award to an eligible provider to ensure continuity of specialist, integrated SRH service provision beyond 30 June 2024 across Berkshire East (RBWM, Bracknell Forest Council (BFC) and Slough Borough Council.

ii)              Delegated authority and accountability for the contract award to BFC as the Lead Authority for the procurement.

iii)             Agreed that BFC would work with the market and NHS commissioning bodies to develop a life course response to sexual and reproductive health needs that offered better services for local communities. This process would result in initiation of a procurement of the specialist integrated SRH service during the lifetime of the 2-year contract to ensure longer term provision.