Social Value Ideas for Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

0-19 Healthy Child Programme

Cabinet approved procurement of a new three-year 0-19 Healthy Child Programme contract, with a maximum value of £31.7 million and a possible two-year extension worth up to £23.3 million. The service c…

“Speaker 4: Thank you. This report seeks approval for the Director of Public Health to undertake a competitive procurement for the provision of the nou…”

Sexual health reprocurement

Cabinet approved a procurement exercise for integrated sexual health services, with a new contract from April 2027 to March 2030 and an option to extend by up to two years. The current NHS trust contr…

“Speaker 4: Thank you, Leader. This report seeks cabinet approval for colleagues, in public health, to enter a procurement exercise and award a new con…”

Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment approved

The board reviewed and approved the final draft of the Sandwell Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment 2025 for publication in December 2025. The PNA is a statutory requirement updated every three years, and…

“The final draft that's being presented reflects these recommendations, as well as the feedback from the July board and any new information that we rec…”

Better Care Fund £76m plan

The board approved the 2026/27 Better Care Fund plan and delegated signing-off of related returns. The fund is fully allocated at £76m, with £24m invested in adult social care services against a £22.2…

“Speaker 2: Great. Okay. So, obviously, I've introduced myself before. My name's Paul Mosley. I'm the Better Care Fund lead for Sandwell. I'd like to …”

Enhanced assessment beds procurement

Cabinet approved a new two-year procurement for 14 enhanced assessment nursing beds across two Sandwell sites, replacing contracts that end on 30 September so continuity can begin on 1 October. Fundin…

“Speaker 4: Thank you again, Leader. The report before you seeks cabinet approval to begin a procurement exercise and award two year contracts to provi…”

Procurement strategy overhaul

The council is developing a new procurement strategy, target operating model and updated contract/procurement rules. The strategy is intended to align with the Procurement Act 2023 and national best p…

“Speaker 6: One of my kind of priority areas actually of the four or five things I outlined was in terms of improving and modernizing our approach to p…”

Procurement card control weaknesses

Internal audit found persistent control failures in the use of council procurement cards, including missing approvals, missing receipts and poor descriptions for purchases. Although some improvement w…

“Speaker 4: Then we did a follow-up review on use of council procurement cards. About eighteen months ago, we did a piece of work where we found that t…”