Decision details

Approval to Direct Award SEND and CAMHS Contracts for 2020/21 and the 2019/20 and 2020/21 financial contributions to CCG-held contracts

Decision Maker: Cabinet Member for Children and Education (expired July 2024)

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

This report urgently seeks approval to secure and continue the provision Speech and Language Therapy Services (SALT); Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS); and a range of SEND services which support the provision of the Local Offer required during this unprecedented time. These services provide critical, specialist and statutory services to vulnerable children, families and young people in Hammersmith and Fulham.

Decision:

1. Appendix 4 is not published on the basis that it contains information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information) as set out in paragraph 3 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended).

2. To approve a direct award for the Special Educational Needs and Disability Services SEND Local Offer Contracts from the 1^st April 2020 until 31^st March 20201, the details of which and the value of each contract are set out in table 1 below:

Table 1

Contract	Provider	Contract Value	Previous Contracting Period	Total direct award value for one year	TOTAL VALUE
SEND Mediation	Kids	£29,790	01/04/18-31/3/20	£18,995	£48,785
SEND Short Breaks	H&F Mencap	£132,000	01/04/18 - 31/3/20	£33,000	£165,000
SEND Short Breaks	Action on Disability	£144,000	01/04/18 - 31/3/20	£36,000	£180,000
Software FIS	Open Object	£12,586	01/04/18-31/03/20	£6,293	£12,586
Software Local Offer	Open Object	£12,586	01/04/18-31/03/20	£6,293	£18,879
IASS Service	Insight	£126,520	01/04/18-31/03/20	£63,250	£189,750

3. To approve a direct award for the following Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) for a period of 12 months from 1^st April 2020 until 31^st March 2021:

Table 2

Contract	Provider	Contract Value	Previous Contracting Period	Total direct award value for one year	TOTAL VALUE
Early Intervention Community CAMHS	West London NHS Trust	£406,718	01/04/18 - 31/3/20	£205,387	£612,105
Looked After Children CAMHS	West London NHS Trust	£488,792	01/04/18 - 31/3/20	£237,322	£726,114
Parenting and Family Psychotherapy Service	Central NW London NHS Foundation	£137,784	01/04/18 - 31/3/20	£68,892	£206,676
Masbro Centre property costs	UPG	26,000	01/04/18 - 31/3/20	13,000	£39,000
Kooth	Xenzone	12,599	01/04/18 - 31/3/20	9,599	£22,198

4. To approve 2019/20 and 2020/21 financial contributions to CCG-held to Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (CLCH) contracts as follows:

Table 3

Contract	Provider	Proposed duration of funding contribution to CCG	Value of new funding contribution (£)	New Total Value of Contract
SALT	Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (CLCH)	01/04/2019 - 31/03/2020	927,070	N/A - Funding Contribution Only
SALT	Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (CLCH) –	01/04/2020 - 31/03/2021	1,112,074	N/A Funding Contribution Only
Kaleidoscope - Palliative Bereavement	Central NW London NHS Foundation	01/04/2020 - 31/03/2021	12,800	N/A Funding Contribution Only

Reasons for the decision:

The decision to direct award the contracts will secure existing provision over the next few months when the council is going to rely significantly on the providers and their workforce to both continue their services and support the Local Authority deliver our services.

It will also enable the providers to continue to provide vital support to vulnerable children, young people and families.

Alternative options considered:

As described in the report.

Publication date: 08/06/2020

Date of decision: 07/06/2020

Effective from: 11/06/2020

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