Decision details

Requests agreement to extensions to the Service Level Agreement’s (SLA’s) for speech and language therapy services for 2014 - 2016. The extensions are required to enable a procurement exercise to be completed.

1.1       That Contract Standing Orders be waived, in accordance with CSO section 3.1, to approve an extension of the Early Years speech and language contract from 1 April 2015 to 30 September 2016 with the current provider, Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (CLCH).

1.2       That Contract Standing Orders be waived, in accordance with CSO section 3.1, to approve the extension of the Education speech and language service level agreement from 1 April 2015 to 30 September 2016 with the current provider, Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (CLCH).   

1.3       That approval be given to the placing of a joint prior indicative notice with the NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups to signal the intention of running a competitive tendering exercise in 2015-16, and to help support pre-procurement dialogue with potential providers on how to optimise quality and value for money in the new contract.

1.4       That authority be delegated to the Cabinet Member for Children and Education to take any further decisions needed to continue existing service provision until the new contract is in place, should this be needed to ensure service continuity.