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Salford City Council
– Record of Decision
 
I Paul Dennett, City Mayor, in exercise of the powers contained
within the Council Constitution
do hereby:
 

approve the extension of Contract
for the Salford Healthy Child Programme, as detailed in the table
below:

 

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Contract
Reference

S1028

Title/Description of
Contracted Service/Supply/Project

Salford Healthy Child
Programme

Name
of Contractor

Northern Care
Alliance

Type of
organisation
(to be supplied by
Corporate Procurement)

Other

Status of
Organisation
(to be supplied by
Corporate Procurement)

Non-SME

Value of Contract Extension
(£)

£8,847,149 for 18
months

Existing Contract
Term

01/04/2024 to 30/09/2024

Extension
Period

01/10/2024 to 31/03/2026

Contact Officer (Name
& number)

Gillian McLauchlan 0161 793
3585

Lead Service
Group

Public Health

Funding
Source

Grant

Ethical Contractor (EC):
Mayor’s Employment Charter

EC: Committed to sign the
Charter

EC: Accredited Living Wage
Employer

 
The reasons are:
Securing this contract extension under urgent
circumstances will provide stability to the Salford Healthy Child
Programme, and ensures the Council delivers this mandated Public
Health service.
 
Options considered and rejected were: Section 75 to secure extension of
contract
 
Assessment of risk: Medium
 
The source of funding is: Public Health Grant
 
Legal advice obtained: Supplied by: Shared Legal Service, lauren.armstrong@manchester.gov.uk
Contained within the Procurement Board Paper
9th September 2024
 
Financial advice obtained: Supplied by the Finance Team, Michelle.Cowley@salford.gov.uk
Contained within the Procurement Board Paper
9th September 2024
 
Procurement advice obtained: Supplied by
Corporate Procurement, Carolyne.Knott@salford.gov.uk
Contained within the Procurement Board Paper
9th September 2024
 
HR advice obtained: N/A
 
Climate change implications obtained: N/A
 
The following documents have been used to
assist the decision process:

Healthy Child Programme
Salford Locality Plan
Early Help Strategy
1001 days Strategy
The Great Eight
The Tackling Poverty Strategy

 
Contact details
Contact Officer:  Gillian
McLauchlan      
Telephone number: 0161 793 3585
 
Please delete from the bullets below any which
are not relevant:
·        
This matter is also subject to consider by the Lead Member for
Children’s Service and the Lead Member for Health and
Wellbeing.
·        
The Lead Members have been consulted and are supportive of the
proposed contract extension.
·        
The appropriate Scrutiny Committees to call-in the decision is the
Health and Adults Scrutiny Panel and/or the Overview and Scrutiny
Board.
 
 
Signed:                     
City Mayor
Dated: 9 September 2024.
 
 
*          
This decision was published on 19 September 2024
*          
This decision will come in force at 4.00 p.m. on 26 September
2024 unless it is called-in in
accordance with the Decision Making Process Rules.