Decision details
Asymptomatic Mass Testing
Decision Maker: Chief Executive
Decision status: Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
The Council is required to set up mass Lateral
Flow Testing (LFT) arrangements as part of the Governments pandemic
response. The focus of the community testing is on key staff groups
and the wider public to help identify people who were asymptomatic
positive cases in order to break the chain of transmission. The
Council therefore needs to undertake the urgent procurement off
goods and services to set up the testing programme to ensure DHSC
requirements are met.
Decision:
The Chief Executive is asked to agree the
award of contracts to support the Council in rolling out a LFT
programme as part of the national response to COVID-19, at a cost
of approximately £346,000 per month. (subject to any changes
in DHSC requirements.
“The Chief Executive is authorised to undertake any action
s/he considers appropriate to address situations where it is
neither practicable not possible to effect the Council’s
normal procedures or arrangements for either executive or
non-executive business”.
The action taken will be recorded and reported to the first
available meeting of the Council or relevant other
body.”
Alternative options considered:
See rationale in full paper
Publication date: 10/03/2021
Date of decision: 11/02/2021
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