Social work and related services

Tender description

Section 75 Agreement for the provision of the Healthy Child Programme across Cambridgeshire County Council and Peterborough City Council. Under Section 75 of the NHS Act 2006 (as amended), the Secretary of State can make provision for Local Authorities and National Health Service (NHS) bodies to enter into partnership arrangements in relation to certain functions, where these arrangements are likely to lead to an improvement in the way in which those functions are exercised. The specific provision for these arrangements is set out in the NHS Bodies and Local Authorities Partnership Arrangements Regulations 2000. The regulations sets out how partners can enter into arrangements whereby a NHS body may exercise the prescribed health-related functions of local authorities. There are also a number of contracts that are excluded from the scope of the Public Contracts Directive. Articles 12 of the Directive outline situations whereby Public contracts between entities within the public sector are excluded. The establishment of a section 75 whereby delegation of duties are assigned to the Health Authority are not required to be procured. The Authorities(s) are entering into a Section 75 Agreement for the provision of the Healthy Child Programme across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. The Healthy Child Programme includes the provision of Health Visiting Services, School Nursing and Family Nurse Partnership. The estimated annual value is 12 023 965 GBP. The start date is intended to be 1.4.2019 for a duration of 5 years. The arrangement being proposed secures continuous improvement for the authorities in the way it functions with regard to a combination of economy, efficiency and effectiveness.