EAST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL
Notice under The Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meetings and Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2012
Between 9 Dec 2022 and 31 Dec 2022 the Director of Adult Social Care and Health will consider the following item: Generic Infrastructure Service (GIS) Contract Extension.
The purpose of the item is:
The initial contract period (01/10/19 – 31/03/23) for the Generic Infrastructure Service (GIS) contracts expires on the 31st March 2023. The terms of the GIS contracts allows for East Sussex County Council and NHS Sussex no later than three (3) months before the end of the initial period or before the end of any previous Extension(s) of the Contract Period (as the case may be) to extend the Contract Period by a further period or periods of up to 2 years in total by giving written notice to the Service Provider of its wish to extend this Contract and the required length of such extension (an “Extension”) provided that the total number of years does not exceed 5 years and 6 months. This decision is to extend the GIS Contract Period by a further period of 2 years (1st April 2023 – 31st March 2024 and 1st April 2024 – 31st March 2025).
Under the requirements of Regulation 9 of The Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meetings and Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2012 the Council is required to give 28 days’ notice of a key decision identified within the scope of these regulations. It is considered that item referred to above would be a key decision and for the reasons of urgency outlined below, compliance is considered impracticable, and an exception to Regulation 9 is therefore sought under Regulation 10 of the above Regulations. It is considered impracticable to comply with the requirements of The Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meetings and Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2012 because: the decision will ensure continuation of service is met in line with the notice period specified in the current contract.
Accordingly a copy of this notice shall be available pursuant to Regulation 5(6) for at least 5 clear days prior to 9 Dec 2022.
Date: 1 December 2022