Issue - meetings

Consideration was given to a report of the Director of Public Health which sought approval to recommission the Integrated Sexual Health Service as part of a cluster commisisoing arrangement with Bury and Rochdale Councils, to ensure that Oldham had a high quality integrated sexual health service to support population health and meet our mandated responsibilities for open access sexual health services.

The current Integrated Sexual Health Service had been provided by the current provider since January 2016 as part of a cluster commissioning arrangement with Bury and Rochdale Councils. In June 2020, Cabinet agreed to extend the contract, under Regulation 72 (1)( c) of the PCR2015, for a period of 12 months (1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022) due to the COVID-19 outbreak. 

This paper outlined proposals to recommission the service, with the same cluster arrangement, and proceed to market for procurement of a new service for commencement from 1 April 2022.  Rochdale Council would act as the lead commissioner for the service, and STAR Procurement (Stockport, Trafford and Rochdale Procurement) would lead the procurement. 

RESOLVED – That the Cabinet would consider the commercially sensitive information contained at Item 16 of the agenda before making a decision.