That the Director of Public Health, in consultation with the Deputy Mayor and Executive Lead for Health and Wellbeing, be authorised to award the two lots of the Torbay Sexual and Reproductive Health contract to the successful bidder(s).

To enable the contract to be awarded.

Alternative options were set out in the submitted report but not discussed at the meeting.

This decision will come into force and may be implemented on Friday, 17 November 2017 unless the call-in process is triggered (as set out in Standing Orders in relation to Overview and Scrutiny).

At 24 July 2017 Policy Development Decision Group (Joint Commissioning Team) (PDDG) meeting the Elected Mayor took a decision that allows Public Health commissioners to undertake a joint procurement exercise with Devon County Council to go to the open market and procure a sexual health service.  Sexual health services are a mandated part of the Public Health ring-fenced grant.

The submitted report sought authority for the Director of Public Health to consider the outcome of all bids in the tender process and award the final contract.

The Elected Mayor considered the recommendations of the Policy Development and Decision Group made on 6 November 2017 and his decision is set out above.

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