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Public health expertise has been crucial to
the development of the GM Violence Reduction Unit and the programme
has greatly benefited from this since its inception in 2019.
Throughout this time, input has been through a succession of Public
Health Registrar appointments as part of the national registrar
training programme. However, between January 2021 and May 2021
there was no Public Health Registrar available which highlighted
the potential risk of solely relying on registrar support. The
current Registrar is due to stay in post until Aug-2022 when the
VRU will be faced with another gap in support, with no plans in
place for a replacement, a process over which the VRU has limited
influence.
Therefore, to ensure a strong public health approach is adopted
across Greater Manchester for Violence Prevention, it is critical
to incorporate senior public health expertise and knowledge. The
individual must be an expert in the field of Public Health,
(registered in GMC/UKPHR/GDC), with particular specialist knowledge
in Violence Prevention, so that the public health principles can be
embedded into a system wide approach. They must also be a senior
and system leader with extensive knowledge and expertise of public
sector, in particular NHS and local government, so that cultures
and organisational boundaries are understood, yet can be
challenged.
Benefits to the VRU:
• Provide sufficient senior expertise to influence and
negotiate with District Directors of Public Health and Strategic
Health Leads across a range of organisations and settings
• Represent GM wide public health agenda in relation to
Police, Fire and Crime to support integration within the developing
locality boards and development of an Integrated Care System
• Advise Mayor and Deputy Mayor regarding opportunities and
approaches to support reducing Youth Violence and Gender Based
Violence
• Represent Public Health agenda at the GM Violence Reduction
Governance Board and provide credible leadership and guidance at a
senior level to support systemwide change and improvement
• Provide oversight of all relevant data and ways to
strengthen and improve the VRU understanding of all factors
relating to violence
• Oversee the production of the Violence Strategic Needs
Assessment
Decision Maker: Treasurer GMCA
Decision published: 05/09/2022
Effective from: 28/07/2022
Decision:
A Public Health Consultant is appointed for
2.5 days per week, for the VRU at a cost of £87,000 per annum
for a period of 2 years.
Total cost £174,000
Lead officer: Lisa Lees
Proposed amendments to the Articles of
BlueLight Commercial were
received in April 2022 and following review, a number of questions
were raised with BLC who arranged for an information workshop
inviting all PCCs and their representatives.
Following this, the questions have since been answered and
the proposed amendments are now considered acceptable and can
therefore be recommended to the Deputy Mayor for approval.
1. Are you aware as to whether the Home Office will continue to
fund BLC beyond April 2023 and if this is not the case, are PCCs
are going to be asked to provide this funding?
BLC response - This will be discussed in the briefing sessions but
there is nothing in the proposed Articles that could compel any PCC
to contribute to the funding of BLC.
GMCA advice - The amendments are not related to future funding. BLC
have been working with Home Office to identify future funding and a
paper is due to be considered by the Treasury seeking 2 years
specific funding. BLC has Home Office support and is a fundamental
part of and written into the 3year CSR bid.
2. If it is the case that PCCs are going to be asked to provide
funding beyond April 2023, this will have implications to your
proposal to delete reserved matters and the deletion of Article
26.8.
BLC response - The funding issue is not relevant to the proposal to
delete reserved matters as the cap on each members' liability is
limited to £10 per member.
GMCA advice - The proposed amendment to Article 26.8 has been
withdrawn, therefore it remains that PCC Directors must constitute
a
majority of the Directors present and eligible to vote upon
proposals
concerning the company’s budget or finances or its
strategy.
3. Could you provide clarity on the proposal for BLC to be able to
enter into contracts directly as the current position is that the
contracting powers sits directly with each PCC.
BLC response - This proposed amendment is intended to be
clarificatory only as BLC are already doing this. The amendment
formalises the position that BLC can act in the capacity of
contracting authority or central purchasing body but the amendment
does clearly state that this is only ‘where authorised to do
so’ and in each case a Sub-Agreement would be used to
ascertain the required authority ensuring that PCCs retain their
autonomy. The PCCs will continue to have a direct contractual
arrangement with the suppliers
through either a call-off contract or their official purchase
order.
GMCA advice - An example of the use of a sub agreement is
Fleet.
Decision Maker: Treasurer GMCA
Decision published: 05/09/2022
Effective from: 26/07/2022
Decision:
Following consideration by the Deputy
Monitoring officer, the
proposed amendments are acceptable and can be recommended to
the Deputy Mayor for approval, the Deputy Mayor agrees to sign
the
proposed Written Resolution to be passed by way of Special
Resolution.
Lead officer: Lisa Lees
GMCA have run a competitive process and
Fearless Adventures and DMA’s submissions were the highest
scoring bidders within the 1.5 million budget.
2 submissions were received and sent to a full evaluation panel.
The evaluation comprised of 3 parts, covering (80%) Quality, (10%)
Social Value and (10%) Value for Money.
The Successful provider’s scores were deemed acceptable and
comprehensive throughout their submission and offered the most
economically advantageous tenders.
Decision Maker: Treasurer GMCA
Decision published: 12/08/2022
Effective from: 20/08/2022
Decision:
Following a competitive procurement process
using GMCA’s Open Procurement Procedures, via The Chest, GMCA
wishes to award a £499,928 contract to Fearless Adventures
and a £154,427 contract to DMA (Data & Marketing
Association). This is part of the Skills Bootcamps programme and
will support over 700 learners to train into digital/tech roles
during 2022/23.
Delivery is expected to start no later than end of August 2022.
bootcamps must be no longer than 16 weeks and all delivery must
have concluded by the end of March 2023 (with the potential for an
extension dependent on good performance), and all contract activity
and support must conclude no longer than 6 months after the
conclusion of delivery.
Lead officer: Nicola Ward
This supplier provided the most economically
advantageous tender which met the requirements of the
project
Decision Maker: Treasurer GMCA
Decision published: 10/08/2022
Effective from: 27/07/2022
Decision:
The contract is awarded to Eric Wright Civil
Engineering Limited
Lead officer: Nicola Ward
To complete deployment of the
business-critical Windows 10 Client services Project (Project
2).
The Windows 10 Programme consists of three projects, the first two
having been commissioned in 2019:
(i) Project 1 (Infrastructure Services) – technical
architecture, services and cloud platform deployment
(ii) Project 2 (Client Services) – deployment of devices and
operational applications
(iii) Project 3 (Transformational Services) – realisation of
business benefits of the new technology
Project 1 had a budget of £1,951,320 capital and
£27,500 revenue, and is in the final stages of completion
with a balanced financial position.
Project 2 had an OBC budget of £23,198,005 capital and
£268,249 revenue and is making good progress on its
deliverables, having been the subject of delays caused by
resourcing and international supply chain issues. The FBC is
subject to an increase in funding of £2,147,459 capital and
£373,910 revenue as a result of the delays noted above and
the subsequent global shortage of component parts; the police
officer uplift requiring additional hardware purchases; and the
decision to purchase SIM cards following the business pilot.
Project 3 is in the process of being commissioned. It has a
preliminary budget of £391,000 to procure consultancy
services in developing a long-term strategy and FBC to maximise
business benefits of the technology and develop early use cases in
line with NEP accreditation for launching Project 2. Further
funding of £350,000 - £750,000 will be required
(depending on the preferred specification) which will be subject to
a separate business case and associated approval process.
Decision Maker: Treasurer GMCA
Decision published: 08/08/2022
Effective from: 18/07/2022
Decision:
The decision is that:
The Deputy Mayor approves the proposals set out in the Business
Case and approve the necessary investment to deliver the Windows 10
Client Services project (Project 2), and also acknowledge the
requirement for future investment to deliver the Transformational
Services project (Project 3), which will be subject to a full
business case.
The Deputy Mayor approves funding as set out below:
• Approve the Windows 10 Client Services Project Full Business
Case at an estimated cost of £25,345,464 capital and
£642,159 revenue over the life of the project.
• Note the increase estimated cost of the Client Services
Project since the Outline Business Case of £2,147,459 capital
and £373,910 revenue (one-off) due to delays in completing
and delivering the Windows 10 deployment in 2022/23 caused by
international supply chain issues and global shortage of component
parts as well as change to the scope of the project following the
business pilot to include SIM cards and additional hardware.
• Note the slippage of £1,063,858 of capital and
£284,360 of revenue from 2021/22 into 2022/23.
• Note the expected investment of up to £750,000 to
deliver the Windows 10 Transformational Services (Project 3) for
Office 365 transformation and SharePoint migration in 2022/23. The
full business case and request for approval of funding will be
brought at a later stage in the year.
• Note that the funding requirements for the overall Windows
10 programme of Infrastructure Services, Client Services and
Transformational Services (projects 1 – 3) has been included
in the 2022/23 revenue and capital budget and 2022/23 –
2024/25 medium-term financial plan and capital programme to be
reported to Police, Fire and Crime Panel on the 7th June
2022.
Lead officer: Lisa Lees
GMCA have run a competitive process and
Acorn’s submission scored highest after evaluation.
2 submissions were received and were sent to a full evaluation
panel. All submissions were checked by GMCA’s Information
Governance Team and were found to be acceptable. The finances of
the bidding companies were also checked, along with the
safeguarding policies submitted.
The Invitation to Tender comprised of 3 parts, covering (75%)
Quality, (15%) Social Value and (10%) Price.
Following evaluation and moderation, Acorn Training were ranked
highest of the two bids however, both bids were strong and this is
reflected in the moderated scores for both providers.
The Successful provider’s scores were deemed acceptable and
comprehensive throughout their submission and offered an
economically advantageous tender. Acorn Training scored higher in
the Performance & Contract Management and Financial Value for
Money sections and the evaluation panel were particularly impressed
with their responses concerning their delivery model, quality and
track record and engagement and stakeholder management.
Decision Maker: Chief Executive Officer GMCA & TfGM
Decision published: 26/07/2022
Effective from: 01/08/2022
Decision:
Following a competitive procurement process
using GMCA’s Education Work and Skills Flexible Procurement
System, GMCA wishes to award a £1,499,992.50 contract to
Acorn Training. This is part of the Skills for Growth programme and
focuses on skills in the Education (Early Years) sector in
GM.
Delivery is expected to start no later than end of August 2022,
enrolments must finish by end of March 2023, and all contract
activity and support must conclude by the end of September 2023.
Exceptional performance may result in discussions around extension
option being implemented.
Lead officer: Nicola Ward
Using a further competition under a Crown
Commercial Services Framework as a compliant and competitive tender
route, Corps Security are the highest scoring bidder able to meet
requirements.
The service is an ongoing requirement, and a company needs to be
appointed to provide the services.
Decision Maker: Treasurer GMCA
Decision published: 15/07/2022
Effective from: 22/07/2022
Decision:
To award the contract GMFRS 0079a Security
Services to the winning bidder: Corps Security for a 2-year
contract, with the option to extend 3 x 12 months.
Lead officer: Nicola Ward
This work will be funded through Skills
Underspends agreed by GMCA in October 2018, and allocated to
develop activity that supports under-represented groups to access
apprenticeships and pre-apprenticeship activity leading to improved
social mobility for the individual.
Decision Maker: GM Mayor
Decision published: 15/07/2022
Effective from: 22/07/2022
Decision:
3 grants of £25k are paid to LA’s
to develop Supported Apprenticeship Programmes.
GMCA, through the Education, Work and Skills Directorate, would
like to build on a successful Removing Barriers to Apprenticeships
project in Salford that created 15 Supported Apprenticeships for
people with SEND / EHCP’s.
LA’s will be invited to submit an EOI, the the 3 that most
closely meet the criteria will be allocated funding.
Additional funding is being sought for the remaining
LA’s.
Lead officer: Nicola Ward