Agenda and minutes

Councillor Jane Urquhart – Leave 

Dave Robinson, Nottingham Community and Voluntary Service

None.

To confirm the minutes of the meeting on 11January 2017

The minutes of the meeting held on 11 January 2017 were confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

As apologies from  Dave Robinson of Nottingham Community and Voluntary Services were received there was no update from the Voluntary and Community Sector.

Report of Director of Commissioning & Procurement, Director Public Health, Director of Strategy & Policy

Christine Oliver, Head of Service Commissioning presented a report on the Crime and Drugs Partnership Contract Approval 2017/18 highlighting the following points:

(a)  there will be a consultation process undertaken as part of any tender for services;

(b)  the anticipated value of the funds from Public Health  and Police and Crime Commissioner grants, alongside Nottingham City Council and partner contributions in 2017/18 is £11,300,808;

(c)  dispensation from financial regulations 3.29 and contract procedure rule 5.1.2 is supported for this service by the Chief Finance Officer.

RESOLVED to:

(1)  approve the anticipated receipt and expenditure of the Police and Crime Commissioner Grant, Public Health Grant, Nottingham City Council and partner contributions by the Crime and Drugs Partnership in 2017/18 as set out in the exempt appendix 1;

(2)  delegate authority to the Director of Commissioning and Procurement to allocate anticipated funds for the above expenditure and to secure best value for Nottingham citizens as set out in exempt appendix 1;

(3)  approve dispensation from Contract Procedure Rule 5.1.2 in accordance with Financial Regulations 3.29 in respect of the direct award of those contracts identified in exempt appendix 2 to ensure continuity of specialist services;

(4)  approve dispensation from Contract Procedure Rule 5.1.1 in accordance with Financial Regulations 3.29 in respect of the direct award of those contracts identified in exempt appendix 2 and 3 to ensure continuity of specialist services;

(5)  approve the tender of contracts as set out in exempt appendix 3;

(6)  delegate authority to the Director of Commissioning and Procurement to approve the outcomes to tenders and award contracts to secure best value for Nottingham citizens as set out in exempt appendix 3

(7)  delegate authority to the Head of Procurement and Contracts to sign contracts arising from the tender process once the tender outcome is agreed (exempt appendix 3) and to sign extensions of contracts in exempt appendix 2.

Reasons for decision

It will ensure that funding contributions from Public Health, Police and Crime Commissioner, Nottingham City Council and other partners are used to commission and contract services in an appropriate way and in accordance with the correct legislation, alongside delivering the required savings across the Public Health and Police and Crime Commissioner funding streams during 2017/18. 

It will also enable the maintenance of service provision for citizens and meet identified local need, as well as enabling timely contract variations, extensions and allocations to be made for services in 2017/18.

Other options considered

There was an option to competitively tender for the services set out in exempt appendix 2. This was not considered to be a viable option due their specialist nature and the interdependencies with other funding sources and broader contracts. There was also the option to cancel the provision of the services which was not considered a viable option due to the anticipated impact on the Crime and Drugs Partnership’s overall aims to reduce substance misuse. 

Report of Director of Procurement and Commissioning, Director ofChildren’s Integrated Services

Steve Oakley, Head of Contracting and Procurement presented a report on the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Tier 2 Section 75 Agreement highlighting the following points:

(a)  the Nottingham Tier 2 CAMHS has been managed by Nottingham City Council for a number of years and funding has been from mainstream Nottingham City Council funding  and from Nottingham City Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG). The service is a fully integrated Tier 2 CAMHS which has performed well over its life;

(b)  good mental and emotional health is necessary to allow children and young people to achieve their best. Nottingham City wants to develop a simplified and responsive pathway to access services for young people to ensure that they are able to fulfil their potential;

(c)  the Future in Mind document sets out the vision for children and young people’s mental health and the priorities include:

·  Promoting resilience, prevention and early intervention

·  Improving access to effective support

·  Development of a flexible integrated system

·  Accountability and transparency

·  Developing the workforce to adopt excellent practice

(d)  Nottingham City Council aims to develop a simplified, responsive and efficient pathway of services and by 2020 aims for:

·  more young people to have good mental health,

·  more young people with mental health problems to recover

·  more young people to have a positive experience of care and support

·  fewer  young people to suffer avoidable harm

·  fewer young people to experience stigma and discrimination

RESOLVED to:

(1)  approve the development of a Section 75 Agreement with Nottingham City CCG for the commissioning of Tier 2 Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services from 1 April 2017 at a cost not exceeding the current expenditure on this service;

(2)  approve the budget to support the Section 75 Agreement and the scope of the service included as set out in exempt appendix 1;

(3)  approve the governance arrangements for the oversight and management of the Section 75 Agreement to be via the Health and Wellbeing Board Commissioning Sub Committee;

(4)  delegate authority to the Director of Commissioning and Procurement in consultation with the Director of Children’s Integrated Services to agree the final value of the Section 75 Agreement for Tier 2 CAMHS as listed in exempt appendix 1, providing that this does not exceed the current expenditure on this service;

(5)  delegate authority to the Head of Contracting and Procurement to sign the Section 75 Agreement, following approval by the Director of Procurement and Commissioning and the Director of Children’s Integrated Services.

Reasons for decision

(1)  The development of a Section 75 Agreement will ensure that the provision for the young people of Nottingham will not only be of good quality, but it will allow them to more easily access both health and social care through one team. The Council does not envisage outsourcing the social care element of the Tier 2 CAMHS and will continue to provide this service. To ensure that an integrated service remains in place the NHS funding will need to continue to fund the Council Service  ...  view the full minutes text for item 59.

To consider meeting at 2pm on Wednesday 12 April 2017

RESOLVED to meet on Wednesday 12 April 2017 at 2pm.

To consider excluding the public from the meeting during consideration of the remaining item(s) in accordance with Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 on the basis that, having regard to all the circumstances, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

RESOLVED to exclude the public from the meeting during consideration of the remaining item(s) in accordance with Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 on the basis that, having regard to all the circumstances, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information as defined in paragraphs 3 and 5 of part 1, Schedule 12A of the Act.

Report of Director of Commissioning & Procurement, Director Public Health, Director of Strategy & Policy

RESOLVED to note the content of the exempt appendices to the report on Crime and Drug Partnership contract approval 2017/18.

Report of Director of Procurement and Commissioning, Director ofChildren’s Integrated Services

RESOLVED to note the content of the exempt appendices to the report on Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Tier 2 Section 75 Agreement.

Report of Assistant Chief Executive and Corporate Director for Strategy & Resources, Director of Commissioning and Procurement

RESOLVED to note the content of the report on extension of Housing Related Support contracts that are due to expire in 2017/18 and to approve the recommendations it sets out.

Report of Corporate Director of Strategy & Resources, Director of Commissioning and Procurement

RESOLVED to note the content of the report on fee rates for Adult Social Care Services 2017/18 and to approve the recommendations it sets out.