Issue - meetings

Background:

This report sought permission to award a contract for the Young People's Community Substance Misuse Service in Medway.

The service would include:

• Early intervention for vulnerable young people
• Named drug worker within the Youth Offending Team
• One-to-one support and treatment
• Support for young people who require prescribing and needle exchange services provided by Medway’s Adult Integrated Substance Misuse Service
• Drug use screening tool (DUST) training for the wider children’s workforce and consultation for professionals and parents/carers
• Defined processes to ensure that the Child Assessment Framework (CAF) and Team around the Child (TAC) are followed
• A robust transition policy for 19 year olds transferring to adult services
• Protocols for working with mental health services for those young people with dual diagnosis.

It was reported that the proposed procurement would provide the opportunity to deliver a cohesive young people’s substance misuse service in Medway, with the potential for saving costs by amalgamating the current service level requirements into one specification to be tendered.

It was noted that this Gateway 3 Report had been approved for submission to Cabinet after review and discussion at the Children and Adults Directorate Management Team Meeting on15 April 2014 and Procurement Board on 22 April 2014

An exempt appendix contained key information in respect of financial analysis and tender evaluation result.

Reasons:

The supplier received an overall weighted score of 81%, which, as the highest score demonstrated that it is the most economically advantageous tender.