Decision details

Leader's Urgent Decision - Extension Of Contracts On The Family Support Framework

Decision Maker: Leader of the Council

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

The 16 Children Centers and Youth Provision services cost £1.728m per annum. The contracts come to an end on 31 March 2019. It is proposed to extend the contracts by a further six months with an option for a two further extensions of three months each.

The proposal is necessary to allow further time for arrangements to be made to novate the contracts to the new Family Support Local Authority Trading Company.

Decision:

The Leader is recommended to:

 

1.    grant a waiver of the usual tendering requirements of the council’s Contract Standing Orders (CSO) on the grounds of extreme urgency and because this is in the Council’s overall interests, as provided for in CSO 3, in relation to the Family Support Framework.

 

2.    approve an extension of the contracts marked with an asterix (*) in section 4 from 1 April 2019 to 30 September 2019 with provision for two further extensions each of three months at the contract prices presented on the Table in section 4.

 

3.    delegate to the Strategic Director of Social Care & Public Services Reform in consultation with the Director for Children’s Services and the Cabinet Member for Children and Education, the decisions on whether the contract extensions set out in paragraph 2.1.2 should be exercised. 

Reasons for the decision:

The contracts provide effective early help services for young people and their families in Hammersmith and Fulham. These specific contracts are specified in the original Cabinet Decision (6 March 2017) for transfer to the Family Support LATC, there is no alternative option, but to extend these contracts to allow the time required to transfer these contracts in accordance with the original Cabinet decision.

Alternative options considered:

As described on the report.

Urgent item?: Yes

Publication date: 25/04/2019

Date of decision: 24/04/2019

Effective from: 29/04/2019

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