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Recommendation to award an interim contract to Yarrow Housing for two years from October 2013 for the provision of accommodation services for people with learning disabilities

 

 

Meeting: 14/10/2013 - Cabinet (Item 76)

76 Recommendation to award an interim contract to Yarrow Housing for two years from October 2013 for the provision of accommodation services for people with learning disabilities pdf icon PDF 67 KB

Minutes:

1.1       That a waiver of the Council’s Contract Standing Orders and the award of a fixed 2 year contract with Yarrow Housing to extend the current arrangement in regard to the block contract for the provision of 9 registered care homes at 161 Becklow Road; 172 Bishops Road; 37 Brackenbury Road; 35 Minford Gardens; 20 Old Oak Road; 25 Oxberry Avenue; 97 Percy Road; 60 Richford Street; 78 Stephendale Road, be approved.

 

1.2       That the Council continues to work with Yarrow to ensure that during this period seven of these homes will be re-registered to become supported housing, and to explore opportunities to provide suitable additional capacity within the borough, as appropriate, be agreed.