Issue - meetings

Background:

The report sought approval from the Cabinet to commence the procurement of the Medway Domestic Abuse Service. The report had been approved for submission to the Cabinet after review and discussion at the Children and Adults Directorate Management Team Meeting and the Procurement Board.

The commissioning strategy had recommended that Medway Council exit the Kent and Medway contract and pool existing local spend to enable a holistic local single service to be commissioned to meet local need across the low, medium and high risk client groups.

A Diversity Impact Assessment had been undertaken on the proposals, as set out in Appendix 1 to the report.

An exempt appendix contained key information in respect of the financial analysis.

Reasons:

A new holistic Domestic Abuse Service is expected to deliver a more integrated service across the Medway area. Additionally, most of the existing contracts are coming up for renewal or near their initial contract term. This is an opportunity to recommission these services and reconsider the service delivery and models to ensure that they are fit for purpose.