That:

(a)       authority is delegated to the director for adults and wellbeing to initiate a competitive procurement exercise for the recommissioning of Substance Use services to maintain current service continuity and allow for further development of the young person’s element;

(b)       the service is recommissioned using the current evidence based model and with additional funding of £93,000 per annum to support identified gaps in provision for young people and in order to mitigate some of the recruitment and retention challenges which the service has faced over the last 5 years;

(c)       subject to the completion of a tendering process, authority to award a contract for an integrated substance use service for 5 years with a total value of £7,481,658,  is delegated to the director of adult services, in consultation with the s151 officer and Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing.