Issue - meetings

Background:

This report requested the Cabinet’s agreement to commence the procurement of the Medway Integrated Sexual Health Service Contract. 

The report had previously been considered by the Procurement Board, which had recommended it to the Cabinet for approval. It was proposed to run an open market procurement using the competitive dialogue procedure, which would enable the market to be tested and a service specification informed by the interested providers to be drafted. Detail on this was set out at section 4.3 of the report.

Reasons:

A competitive dialogue process will enable Public Health and Category Management to identify risks within the procurement at the earliest opportunity. It will engage with providers who will be expected to design the service for, or less than the maximum budget value. The dialogue will mean that providers are involved in the process, and it is likely to reduce the destabilising the re-procurement will bring.

The competitive dialogue is likely to maximise value and impact for money. This is because provider will know what is achievable and where priority should be placed.

Although time scales are short it is possible to will be possible from a Public Health perspective to complete the process.