Issue - meetings

Surrey County Council Public Health holds a contract with Surrey and Borders Partnership (SaBP) Foundation Trust for the provision of adult substance misuse services. This contract is due to expire on 31 March 2020. Since 1 April 2018, SaBP, Catalyst and Public Health have piloted an adult substance misuse treatment programme board as a vehicle through which this ‘vertically’ commissioned contract has been managed.

Surrey County Council Public Health are proposing to enter in to a ‘horizontal’ co-operative agreement in compliance with Regulation 12(7) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015) from 1 April 2020. The agreement would include the provision for adult’s substance misuse treatment to be delivered by SaBP in partnership with Surrey County Council.

The following recommendations were agreed:

1.    Confirmed agreement for Surrey County Council and Surrey and Borders Partnership (SaBP) NHS Trust to enter into a proposed five-year co-operation agreement. After the initial five-year term, the co-operation agreement will automatically renew on an annual basis unless terminated. The agreement will be in compliance with Regulation 12(7) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015).

2.    The final version of the proposed agreement is to be brought back to the Committees-in-Common sub-committee in December 2019 before sign-off.