Purpose

To consider approving:
i) a contract variation to increase the core contract value for the
delivery of the 0-19 Healthy Child Programme in Milton
Keynes;
ii) the delegation of authority on whether to activate the second
2-year contract extension option for delivery of the 0-19 Healthy
Child Programme by the current providers CNWL to the Director of
Public Health, in consultation with the Cabinet member for Adult
Services, Health and Communities.
The contract is currently in Year 1 of an initial 2-year extension
period (1 April 2025 -31 March 2027), with the option of extending
by a further two years (1 April 2027 to 31 March 2029).

Content

1.         That the
public and press be excluded from the meeting by virtue of
Paragraph 3 (Information Relating to the Financial or Business
Affairs of the Authority) of Part I of Schedule 12A of the Local
Government Act 1972, in order that the meeting consider the
exempt Annexes to the report.

2.         That a
financial uplift to the core contract value for the delivery of the
0-19 Healthy Child Programme in Milton Keynes, to reflect service
pressures arising from demographic changes and increased case
complexity, be approved.

3.         That
authority be delegated to the Director of Public Health, in
consultation with the Cabinet member for Adult Services, Health and
Communities, to determine whether to approve the second two-year
year contract extension option for delivery of the 0-19 Healthy
Child Programme by the current provider, CNWL. The extended period,
if approved, would commence from 1 April 2027.