Issue - meetings

1.1       To waive the Contract Standing Orders that require a minimum of five tenders to be sought for contracts of £172,514 or greater total estimated value to allow the Council to directly award a contract to Yarrow from 1^st October 2015 to 30^th September 2016.

1.2.      To directly award a contract for 12 months with a maximum annual contract value of up to £2,664,019 to Yarrow, the incumbent provider, under the existing terms and conditions of the existing contract, with an option to extend, if approved, for a period of up to 3 months at a maximum contract value of £666,005. 

1.3       That the authority to realise any additional contract efficiency savings during the term of the contract, as noted in section 1.5 of the report, be delegated to the Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Social Care, in consultation with the Executive Director of Adult Social Care.

1.4       To delegate the authority to the Cabinet Member to vary the interim contract should the 3 month additional period be required.