Decisions

To confirm the award of grant funding to those businesses detailed.

The Council has been awarded funding of £4.728m by the government to deliver a discretionary grant funding scheme. West of England regional authorities’ have joined together to develop a framework policy under which grant funding can be delivered, supporting those businesses with fixed ongoing property costs and who were not entitled to claim grant funding from previous government schemes. This is the third tranche of funding allocated under the Cohort 2 policy and further grant funding will be paid over the coming weeks.
The total award for this tranche is £152,500.00 allocated to the business types as outlined in the table attached.

To confirm the award of grant funding to those businesses detailed.

The Council has been awarded funding of £4.728m by the government to deliver a discretionary grant funding scheme. West of England regional authorities’ have joined together to develop a framework policy under which grant funding can be delivered, supporting those businesses with fixed ongoing property costs and who were not entitled to claim grant funding from previous government schemes. This is the second tranche of funding allocated under the policy and further grant funding will be paid over the coming weeks.
The total award for this tranche is £337,290.00 allocated to the business types as outlined in the table attached.

The award of discretionary funds to businesses is likely to be in the public interest.

The Council has been awarded funding of £4.728m by the government to deliver a discretionary grant funding scheme. West of England regional authorities’ have joined together to develop a framework policy under which grant funding can be delivered, supporting those businesses with fixed ongoing property costs and who were not entitled to claim grant funding from previous government schemes. This is the fourth tranche of funding allocated under the policy and further grant funding will be paid over the coming weeks.
The total award for this tranche is £99,561.00 allocated to the business types as outlined in the table attached.

The Director of Public Health recommends funding from the ring fenced Local Outbreak Management (Test and Trace Fund) is used
to enable the temporary resting place (TRP) at Sandy Park Depot to remain in place for a further six months (until March 2021).
This will mean that body storage capacity in the city, both in existing, substantive mortuaries and at funeral director premises, can be maintained during any local outbreak or wider general increase of COVID-19 related deaths.
Body storage capacity is an identified risk in the management of any excess death. Existing winter pressures put the system under strain. A breach of body storage capacity would present a serious challenge to the management of a local outbreak, both downstream and upstream of the mortuary stage of the death management process.The cost of dismantling and reassembling the facility would be £90,000.
Funding is from the ring fenced Outbreak Management (Test and Trace Fund) and will pay for communications, campaigns and public messaging to support outbreak prevention and outbreak control.
The Outbreak Management Fund is a ring fenced grant to be used for the specific purpose of managing the local response to Covid-19, as described in the Local Outbreak Management Plan
The Director of Public Health, with the Chief Executive Officer, is responsible for advising the authority in relation to the Outbreak Management Plan and associated funding.

To allocate funding from the ring fenced Local Outbreak Management (Test and Trace Fund) to enable the temporary resting place (TRP) at Sandy Park Depot to remain in place for a further six months (until March 2021).

The Director of Public Health recommends funding from the ring fenced Local Outbreak Management (Test and Trace Fund) is used to establish a Mobile Testing Unit in Central Location to support easy access for members of the public, university students and FE students. Currently testing is available at Bristol Airport or by post. This location has been found in partnership with the university and will provide a central and accessible location. The site has been approved by regional contain team. This will be one of two mobile sites in Bristol
The approach is endorsed by Health Protection Board and testing is an essential element of the Contain strategy
Funding is from the ring fenced Outbreak Management (Test and Trace Fund) and will pay for communications, campaigns and public messaging to support outbreak prevention and outbreak control.
The Outbreak Management Fund is a ring fenced grant to be used for the specific purpose of managing the local response to Covid-19, as described in the Local Outbreak Management Plan
The Director of Public Health, with the Chief Executive Officer, is responsible for advising the authority in relation to the Outbreak Management Plan and associated funding.

To allocate funding from the ring fenced Local Outbreak Management (Test and Trace Fund) to establish a Mobile Testing Unit in Central Location to support easy access for members of the public, university students and FE students.

The Director of Public Health recommends additional capacity within Civil Contingency which provides essential expertise in incident and outbreak management and will be an essential resource in any escalation.
Funding will provide a trained emergency planning expertise to:
•Support the use of incident management JESIP principles – including the creation of shared situational awareness, joint understanding of risk, dynamic risk assessment and defensible decision making
•Deliver concise, documented Outbreak Management procedures
•Ensure procedures are tested and robust
•Ensure escalation routes within the Council and to multi-agency response partners are tested and robust
•Deliver tested operating procedures for activating testing sites
•Provide a link with multi-agency response partners through the Local Resilience Forum, including Police, Fire, Ambulance, Environment Agency, transport and utility providers
•Ensure the impact of outbreaks and outbreak management on BCC’s business continuity is considered
•Ensure the Outbreak Management Group are sighted on other issues affecting the city, including other emergencies and that the impact of these on Outbreak Management are understood
•Provide training and support for responders as required
•Provide training and support for logging incidents as required
•Provide a view on the impact of Outbreak Management on critical infrastructure within the City
Funding is from the ring fenced Outbreak Management (Test and Trace Fund) and will pay for communications, campaigns and public messaging to support outbreak prevention and outbreak control.
The Outbreak Management Fund is a ring fenced grant to be used for the specific purpose of managing the local response to Covid-19, as described in the Local Outbreak Management Plan
The Director of Public Health, with the Chief Executive Officer, is responsible for advising the authority in relation to the Outbreak Management Plan and associated funding.

To allocate additional funding to Civil Contingency as Local Outbreak Management is additional to exiting duties, and is additional to on going responsibilities held by the council for risk management and response. Additional resource is therefore required.

The Department for Education (DfE) have approved a capital grant as a ring fenced sum for Christ the King School. The DfE mechanism for distributing the grant to the school is through the Local Authority. This decision is required to enable the forward transfer of the grant to the school to deliver the creation of Early Years provision.

To allocate ring fenced DfE capital grant in the sum of £422,854 for the creation of Early Years provision at The School of Christ the King into the Education Capital Programme. Capital grants to be transferred to the school for project delivery with close monitoring from council officers.

The Director of Public Health recommends additional capacity within external communication to support campaigns, messaging and outbreak management in response to Covid-19. Consistent and regular public communication is essential in both preventing and managing local outbreaks of Covid -19 This will include liaising with neighbouring authorities, the NHS, Public Health England and City Partners. The communication team will work closely with the Director of Public Health and the Bristol Public Health Team. The funding will pay for additional External Communication Officers, to work with the Public Health Team on external communications, campaigns and public messaging to support outbreak prevention and outbreak control.
Funding is from the ring fenced Outbreak Management (Test and Trace Fund) and will pay for communications, campaigns and public messaging to support outbreak prevention and outbreak control.
The Outbreak Management Fund is a ring fenced grant to be used for the specific purpose of managing the local response to Covid-19, as described in the Local Outbreak Management Plan
The Director of Public Health, with the Chief Executive Officer, is responsible for advising the authority in relation to the Outbreak Management Plan and associated funding.

To use funding from the ring fenced Outbreak Management (Test and Trace Fund) to pay for communications, campaigns and public messaging to support outbreak prevention and outbreak control in the sum of £210,167

The Director of Public Health recommends additional specialist Environmental Health Officer (EHO) resource is needed to meet requirements to prevent and manage Covid-19 outbreaks in local businesses. Particular high risk contexts are meat processing and refrigerated premises. EHOs hold legal powers to close and serve notice on premises. EHOs must work closely with Public Health Team.
Funding is from the ring fenced Outbreak Management (Test and Trace Fund) grant which is to be used for the specific purpose of managing the local response to Covid-19, as described in the Local Outbreak Management Plan. The Director of Public Health, with the Chief Executive Officer, is responsible for advising the authority in relation to the Outbreak Management Plan and associated funding.
The funding will pay for additional Environmental Health Officers, to work with the Public Health Team on prevention and outbreak control with local businesses.

To use funding from the ring fenced Outbreak Management (Test and Trace Fund) grant to pay for additional Environmental Health Officers, to work with the Public Health Team on prevention and outbreak control with local businesses.

The Director of Public Health has identified community engagement, including the network of volunteer hubs as having an important role in local preparedness and resilience in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The network of engagement will support and coordinate volunteering, including local welfare support, amplify campaign messaging and support outbreak management. The network will further strengthen our local eyes and ears for prevention and response, Consistent and regular public communication is essential in both preventing and managing local outbreaks of Covid -19. The engagement network will work closely with the Director of Public Health and the Bristol Public Health Team.
Funding is from the ring fenced Outbreak Management (Test and Trace Fund) and will pay for communications, campaigns and public messaging to support outbreak prevention and outbreak control.
The Outbreak Management Fund is a ring fenced grant to be used for the specific purpose of managing the local response to Covid-19, as described in the Local Outbreak Management Plan
The Director of Public Health, with the Chief Executive Officer, is responsible for advising the authority in relation to the Outbreak Management Plan and associated funding.

To use funding from the ring fenced Outbreak Management (Test and Trace Fund) to pay for communications, campaigns and public messaging to support outbreak prevention and outbreak control.

The Council funds a diverse number of services that support people to remain independent in their own homes, maximise their incomes, reduce social isolation, manage their day to day lives and help them keep well and sustain recovery. The Council proposed to take the Adult Care Better Lives approach based on the Council`s 3 Tier Model to purchase `help when you need it` support. The Adults Social Care Strategic Plan 2016-2020 is to ensure people can get the right help at the right time to promote independence and to prevent, reduce or delay the need for long-term support.
On the 18th June 2019 Cabinet approved the following in relation to the Better Lives Programme: "Help when people need it":
Cabinet delegated authority to the Director of Adult Social Care (in consultation with the Cabinet members for Adult Social care and Housing), to take all steps to procure and award contracts for Tier 2 support services in line with the commissioning plan, to the approximate value of £4,491,291 per annum for 3 years (with option to extend up to a further 3 years).
The award of these contracts will support the council’s aims and aspirations.

To award Tier 2 support services contracts in line with the commissioning plan to the successful tenderer(s) for each lot for a period of 3 years with the option to extend up to a further 3 years as follows:
Lot 1: Brunelcare
Lot 2a-2b:Second Step, St Mungo Community HA
Lot 2c:Next Link Domestic Abuse Project
Lot 3:Brigstowe Project
Lot 4a-4f:Key Ring Living Support Network, S.I.L.S, Supported Independence
Lot 5:Rethink

Bristol City Council has a statutory duty under Section 22 (4) of The Children Act 1989 to provide Independent Advocacy to Children and Young People who are Children in Care / Care Leavers or undergoing child protection processes. The role of an advocate is to help children and young people feel empowered to raise issues and concerns about things they are unhappy with. The Council’s vision is that all children and young people in Bristol feel listened to and empowered, have choice and control over their support, and have their rights upheld . The current Children in Care Advocacy Contract expired on 31st August 2020. The award of the new contract will ensure that children and young people can understand what is happening to them, can make their views known and, where possible, exercise choice when decisions about them are being made. Furthermore, the views put forward by children and young people accessing the service will inform the development of the Council’s services.

The council has run a compliant open tender process to commission a provider for the provision of an advocacy service for children in care, care leavers and children subject to child protection conferences. The decision is to award the contract to the successful tenderer for an initial term of two years, with the option to extend for a further three years, in yearly increments.

To ensure the continuation of the Stepping Up programme as part of the council and Mayor’s commitment to improving diversity in city leadership roles.

Entering into a contract with Bloom Procurement Services Limited (Bloom) for
•the management of the development and delivery of the Stepping Up Programme (the Stepping Up Services); and
•professional procurement services to support the procurement of the Stepping Up Services (including running a tender process to enable the council to choose the party Bloom will sub-contract the Stepping Up Services to) (the Procurement Services)
This contract with Bloom Professional Services enables them to provide specialist professional services via Davidson and Partners to lead the development and delivery of Stepping Up, a City-wide Leadership Diversity Programme. It is a City-wide initiative with participants who work in many different employment sectors, designed to increase the diversity of leadership within major city and regional employers by developing members of staff from under-represented groups to ‘step up’ in to more senior roles.
The contract includes the provision of services to design and run the course during its third and fourth years, and to raise funds and secure in-kind support to support the sustained continuation of Stepping Up. It is being awarded following a legally compliant tender process using an existing Framework Agreement – Nepro 3 – to Bloom Professional Services.

The appetite to trial this solution is born of a recognition of the significant officer resource, across the organisation in independently commissioning a range of learning and development courses and programmes under different mechanisms. The aim is to consolidate this activity and associated contracts.

A managed service provision will provide a complete solution in relation to the Council’s training requirements. This service is being implemented as a trial for one year to determine whether the service fulfils the requirements of the council.
The Council will be awarding a contract via a direct award approach under ESPO framework 383 for Managed Training Services.