Decision details

Decision report PHW02 21/22  agreed the commencement of a procurement of a Community Advice & Support service via an open tender process, from 1^st April 2022 for a period of 3+3+1 years; that the County Council leads the tendering process on behalf of our funding partners, the West Sussex District and Borough Councils; and that authority is delegated to the Director of Public Health to award the contract  to the successful bidder.

The current demand for this service has grown and is still increasing, at the same time as facing the challenge of losing staff and volunteers to Covid19 isolation requirements. To ensure the Council receives high quality bids from organisations that would be able to mobilise a new county wide contract, with 7 local bases, it has been proposed that the new contract award is put back to 1^st September 2022. To support this timeline change, a five month contract extension from, 1^st April 2022 to 31^st August 2022, has been authorised by the Director of Law and Assurance and the Director of Finance and Support Services at the value of £447,281.

This decision asks the Director of Public Health to award the contract to the successful bidder following the tendering process.

The Director of Public Health has approved the award of the contract to Citizen’s Advice West Sussex. The service will commence from 1st September 2022 for a two-year seven-month initial period to 31st July 2025 with the option to extend for a further period of up to three years (the first extension period), and an additional final year (the second extension period). The total Contract Term (including the Initial Period and any Extensions) shall not exceed six (6) years and seven (7) months, expiring no later than 31^st March 2029.  

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