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RESOLVED
That Executive Cabinet
approve:

(i)               
Review current service provision and work with STAR to issue a
Direct Award under Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Direct Award
Process C, to Change, Grow, Live (CGL) for the provision of a Drugs
and Alcohol Treatment and Recovery Service for a five-year period
commencing 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2031 at an annual value of
£3.163m per annum (total of £15,815m over five-years),
with an option to extend for a further five year period, up to 31
March 2035.

(ii)              
Review current service provision and work with STAR to tender
for the provision of a Breastfeeding Peer Support Service for a
three-year period, commencing 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2029, at an
annual value of  is £0.273m per annum (TMBC
£0.124m/OMBC £0.149m) with the option to extend for a further
two-year period to 31 March 2031 (Total cost over 3 years
£0.819m).  
(iii)            
Work with STAR to award a
contract to Midlands and Lancashire CSU using an approved supplier
framework for the
provision of a Data Collection Reporting System (DCRS) for a
maximum duration of two years from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2027 at
an annual value of £0.012m (Total over 2 years
0.024m).

(iv)            
Continue the arrangement with CPGM
Healthcare Ltd (CHL) and work with STAR to undertake a procurement
process and award a contract to CPGM Healthcare Ltd (CHL) for the
provision of PharmOutcomes support and
PharmOutcomes licences for a period of
five years commencing on 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2031 at an annual
value of £0.002m in 2025/26  (total over five years
£0.010m).

(v)              
Review current service provision and
work with STAR to explore the option of using a dynamic purchasing
system to purchase oral health supplies with a view to awarding a
contract to commence no later than 1 September 2025 for a period of
three years to  31 August 2028, at an
annual value of £0.031m per annum in 2025/26 (total over 3
years £0.093m) with an option to extend for a further
two-year period to 31 August 2030.

(vi)            
Approve the continuation of the GM
cross charging arrangements for out of area sexual health service
use charges within Greater Manchester for a period of five years
commencing 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2030 with variable annual
charges to/from other GM local authorities, depending on activity
levels, but not exceeding the allocated budget of £0.070m per
annum in 2025/26 (Total £0.350m over five
year)

(vii)           
Work with STAR to conduct a tender
process to identify a pharmaceutical provider for the supply and
administration of up to 1500 flu vaccines for Tameside council
staff during the autumn of 2025.  
The contract will include the requirement for the vaccination
clinics to be delivered from a number of locations in Tameside to
enhance accessibility for staff, at an annual cost of
£0.006m-£0.010m but not exceeding £0.025m in
2025/26.

(viii)         
To approve work with STAR to award
grant funding received from Ministry of Housing, Communities and
Local Government (MHCGL) to the Bridges Partnership to fund two
additional safe accommodation team key workers to work in the
Domestic Abuse Support Service at a total cost of £0.072m in
2025/26.

(ix)            
Approve the expansion of the Caring
Dads programme to deliver an additional six courses over a maximum
two-year period at a total cost of £0.049m in 2025/26 and
work with STAR to undertake an appraisal of the procurement options
available.

(x)              
Approve the proposal to work with STAR
to review the procurement options available and carry out a
procurement process to commission a Sexual Health Needs Assessment
at a cost not exceeding £0.020m in 2025/26.

(xi)            
Approve the proposal to work with STAR
to review the procurement options available and carry out a
procurement process to commission a Domestic Abuse Needs Assessment
at a cost not exceeding £0.030m in 2025/26.