Decision details

FamilyStory Phase 2

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

LBHF, WCC and RBKC Children's Services have completed a 6 month engagement with supplier FutureGov to explore how technology for social care could be radically redesigned to meet the needs of families, young people and practitioners. The next phase of work is to move the design from a concept to workable solutions. It is for a 12 month engagement to change the front-end user experience by developing task driven tools and a lightweight integrations layer across child protection.

Decision:

1.    To agree to enter into Phase 2 of the FamilyStory project, which will progress the work done during the Discovery Phase, moving the design from concept to an initial set of products which will test the viability of this solution. 

 

2.    To note the options appraisal outlined in Section 5 and undertakes a Single Tender Action Procedure to directly commission FamilyStory, inviting FutureGov to submit a formal tender in response to our specification.

 

3.    To approve a waiver to the Contracts Standing Orders as the nature of the market for the works to be carried out demonstrate that such a departure would be justified.

 

4.    To approve that FamilyStory be funded through residual PiP of £28,000 and £152,000 from the Corporate Demands and Pressures reserve.

 

5.    To approve delegation to the Director for Children’s Services and the Director for Public Service Reform, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Children and Education and the Chief Information Officer for LBHF, any subsequent strategy or contract award decision regarding Stage 2 of the project.

 

Report author: Amy Buckley

Publication date: 07/03/2018

Date of decision: 05/03/2018

Decided at meeting: 05/03/2018 - Cabinet

Effective from: 12/03/2018

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