Issue - meetings

This report has an appendix which contains information exempt within the meaning of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act1972 and is not for publication. The appendix has therefore been circulated to Cabinet Members only.

Any discussions on the contents of an exempt appendix will require Cabinet to pass the proposed resolution identified at the end of the agenda to exclude members of the public and the press from the proceedings for that discussion.

Councillor Ben Coleman stated that due to H&F CCG withdrawing their investment to one of the providers the Council had had to increase its funding of this service to maintain financial sustainability and ensure service viability as the service was at capacity. Further cuts in CCG funding were likely to happen and the Council would need to find alternative routes to ensure service continuity, as it could not continue to absorb all the costs.

RESOLVED:

1.         To approve a waiverunder ContractStanding Order 3.1 for therequirement forseeking competitivetenders forthe reasonsset outin section 3 in the report.

2.         To approve a direct award for 12 months from April 2019 to March 2020 for Nubian Life, Alzheimer’s Society and London Care, and six months for Notting Hill Genesis, from April 2019 to October 2019, whilst a review and procurement exercise is undertaken.

3.         To approve the establishment of a £35,000 grant fund from October 2019 to fund day service provision by local community groups.