Agenda item

Joint report of the Director of Community & Children’s Services and the Director of Commercial Services.

The Board received a joint report of the Director of Community & Children’s DCCS and the Director of Commercial Services seeking approval for the City Corporation to continue to act as the Lead Authority, and the accountable body and host of the London Sexual Health Programme Team (LSHPT) for the next phase of the LSHP with a view to re-procuring the service.

Officers advised the Board that 30 London Local Authorities, including the City of London Corporation, collaboratively commissioned Open Access sexual health services, with the City Corporation currently acting as the lead authority for participating authorities. The contract with Preventx Ltd had been fully funded by the 30 participating authorities, inclusive of the London Sexual Health programme team costs which per annum was approximately £450,000.

The Pan London Sexual Health E Services contract valued at just over £200 million, was initially awarded for five years in 2017 with the option to extend for a further 4 years. authorities had requested that London's sexual health programme team continues to act as a single point of leadership and management for the re-procurement of the new service with the City Corporation as lead authority and accountable body.

RESOLVED, that – Members approved the following:

a)    the City Corporation continues to act as the Lead Authority and accountable body for the procurement of a new Pan-London Sexual Health E-services contract and the host of the programme management service under an inter-authority agreement subject to:

i. those terms being satisfactorily agreed by all the participating authorities (including the City Corporation in the discharge of those functions acting through the Health and Wellbeing Board), and

ii. the City Corporation being satisfied that the arrangements adequately protect the City Corporation acting as the Lead Authority; and

b)    the Executive Director of Community and Children’s Services in consultation with the Chamberlain and Comptroller and City Solicitor be authorised to settle the terms of a new inter-authority agreement for the City Corporation as Lead Authority.

c)    once agreed in principle and terms are agreed including sign off of the new Inter Authority Agreement (IAA), the procurement will proceed with adherence to the procurement code, via CoLC authorisation process.