Agenda item

(a)  That authority be delegated to the Strategic Director for Wellbeing, following consultation with the Commissioner for Health & Wellbeing, to negotiate and conclude amendments to the inter-authority Public Health agreement dated 28th March 2013 to provide for the administration, management and operation of future contracts for which joint procurement has been agreed.

(b)  That authority be delegated to the Strategic Director for Wellbeing to arrange for the delivery of joint procurements with the other Berkshire unitary authorities through the Strategic Director of Public Heath for the future provision of joint public health services and or contracts.

The Commissioner for Health & Wellbeing introduced a report regarding the joint public health agreement with the unitary authorities in Berkshire.

The agreement had been entered into in March 2013 but would need to be amended to enable the procurement of joint public health services and contracts.  The report set out the current position with regards to the contract and the Cabinet agreed to delegate authority to the Strategic Director for Wellbeing both to negotiate and conclude amendments to the Public Health Agreement and to arrange for the delivery of joint procurements as appropriate.

Resolved –

(a)  That authority be delegated to the Strategic Director for Wellbeing, following consultation with the Commissioner for Health & Wellbeing, to negotiate and conclude amendments to the inter-authority Public Health agreement dated 28th March 2013 to provide for the administration, management and operation of future contracts for which joint procurement has been agreed.

(b)  That authority be delegated to the Strategic Director for Wellbeing to arrange for the delivery of joint procurements with the other Berkshire unitary authorities through the Strategic Director of Public Heath for the future provision of joint public health services and or contracts.