Issue details

Permission to set aside the requirements of the Contract Procedure Rules to tender for above £40,000 services namely; a full-time Community Psychiatric Nurse (CPN) via Mental Health Services at the cost of £47,500 over a 12 month period.
North Devon Council have been successful in drawing down an additional £357,600 from Government following a submission to the Rough Sleepers Initiative
This project is aimed at reducing the number of people rough sleeping in North Devon.
The aim of the programme is to provide enhanced and better integrated services to individuals who present with multiple and complex needs. This includes the provision of continued resources (1.0 Community Psychiatric Nurse) from Devon Partnership Trust who provide Mental Health services for the Clinical Commissioning Group.

Following successful award of the bid NDC were issued with a funding structure from Government. This structure highlighted immediate service delivery as of the 01.04.2021 and without this approval we are unable to proceed and will be at risk of having to return the funding.

The financial award made through the bid covers full costs of service delivery