Issue - meetings

Cabinet noted the advice of Legal Services that recommendation 2.14 in the report (now 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 Children’s Services (as appropriate), to access the Framework Call-Off contracts.”

It was also noted that a similar amendment was made by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea at its Cabinet meeting 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 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.