Decision details

To participate, as outlined in the Cabinet report, in a Tri-borough Passenger Transport Service with Westminster City Council contracting on behalf of all three boroughs, LBHF, RBKC and WCC. To delegate confirmation of Call-Off Contracts for borough and cross borough services executed by Westminster City Council, to Cabinet Members or senior officers.

Cabinet noted that the advice of the Director of Law that recommendation 2.14 in the report (number 5 below) should be amended as follows:

“To agree to delegate  to the Tri-borough Executive Director of Children’s Services, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and/or Cabinet Member for Family and Children’s Services (as appropriate), to access the Framework Call-Off contracts.”

A similar amendment was made by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Cabinet last week.

1.                  That the recommendation that Westminster City Council (WCC) will award the Framework Agreements as outlined in this report on behalf of itself, London Borough of Hammersmith (LBHF) and Fulham Council and Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC), be noted.

2.                  That an external audit has been completed on the Invitation to Tender (ITT) evaluation process and framework awards as detailed in Section 6.11, be noted.

3.                  That access to the framework by LBHF, be approved.

4.                  That WCC will award Framework Call-off contracts on a Tri-borough basis, be noted.

5.                  To agree to delegate  to the Tri-borough Executive Director of Children’s Services, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and/or Cabinet Member for Family and Children’s Services (as appropriate), to access the Framework Call-Off contracts.

6.                  That the Framework Call-Off process as detailed in Section 7.2, be noted.

7.                  That an Inter Authority Agreement (IAA) will cover specific legal terms pertaining to the operation of this Tri-borough passenger transport solution as described in Section 11.5, be noted.

8.                  The potential implications for LBHF staff in terms of TUPE or redundancy as detailed in Section 9, be noted.