Decision details

Adult Substance Misuse Treatment Service - Award of Contract

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

To report the outcome of the re-commissioning and tendering of Adult Substance Misuse Treatment Services

To seek approval from Members to award contracts for the provision of Adult Substance Misuse Treatment Services

 

Decisions:

The Cabinet considered the report of the Director of Public Health on the outcome of the re-commissioning and tendering exercise for the provision of an Adult Substance Misuse Treatment Service for Sefton.

 

This was a Key Decision and was included in the Council’s Forward Plan of Key Decisions.

 

Decision Made:

 

That the contract for the provision of an Adult Substance Misuse Treatment Service be awarded to Lifeline Project Limited of Manchester, for a 2-year period, with an option to extend annually for up to a further three years, commencing on the 1 October 2013.

 

Reasons for Decision:

 

To secure integrated, recovery-orientated, treatment services for substance misusing adults in Sefton. 

 

Alternative Options Considered and Rejected:

 

None.

Report author: Peter Moore

Publication date: 23/07/2013

Date of decision: 18/07/2013

Decided at meeting: 18/07/2013 - Cabinet

Effective from: 31/07/2013

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