Agenda and minutes

That the minutes of the meeting of the Cabinet held on 6 February 2017 be confirmed and signed as an accurate record of the proceedings, and that the outstanding actions be noted.

Apologies for Absence were received from Councillors Max Schmid, Andrew Jones and Sue Macmillan.

If a Councillor has a disclosable pecuniary interest in a particular item, whether or not it is entered in the Authority's register of interests, or any other significant interest which they consider should be declared in the public interest, they should declare the existence and, unless it is a sensitive interest as defined in the Member Code of Conduct, the nature of the interest at the commencement of the consideration of that item or as soon as it becomes apparent.

At meetings where members of the public are allowed to be in attendance and speak, any Councillor with a disclosable pecuniary interest or other significant interest may also make representations, give evidence or answer questions about the matter.  The Councillor must then withdraw immediately from the meeting before the matter is discussed and any vote taken.

Where Members of the public are not allowed to be in attendance and speak, then the Councillor with a disclosable pecuniary interest should withdraw from the meeting whilst the matter is under consideration. Councillors who have declared other significant interests should also withdraw from the meeting if they consider their continued participation in the matter would not be reasonable in the circumstances and may give rise to a perception of a conflict of interest.

Councillors are not obliged to withdraw from the meeting where a dispensation to that effect has been obtained from the Audit, Pensions and Standards Committee. 

There were no declarations of interest.

1. To note the General Fund and Housing Revenue Account month 8 forecast revenue variances.

2. To note that there are mitgating action plans amounting to £0.972m, seeking to address the General Fund gross overspend forecast of £1.557m. All overspending departments to respond with further actions to reduce the net forecast overspend of £0.585m.

1.         That Cabinet approves a waiver under the H&F Contract Standing Orders (CSO 3.1) from the requirements to obtain three tenders under CSO 11.2.

2.         That Cabinet approves the direct award of a contract to Advance Advocacy Project to deliver the independent domestic violence advocacy (IDVA) services for one year from 1^st April 2017 to 31^st March 2018, with an option to extend for a further 12 months up to 31^st March 2019.

3.         That Cabinet agrees to delegate the decision to extend the contract for a further 12 months to 31^st March 2019 to the Director for Safer Neighbourhoods, in consultation with the Deputy Leader.

1.            To agree to dispose of the land at Lavender Court 168-178 Westway London W12 0SA to A2 Dominion Housing Group Ltd under a land sale agreement and using the land exemption from the EU procurement regime on a 250 year lease.

2.            To agree to delegate authority to the Director for Housing, Growth, and Strategy, the Director of Finance & Resources and the Director of Building and Property Management in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Housing and the Cabinet Member for Economic Development and Regeneration to complete negotiations with A2 Dominion Housing Group Ltd and complete a land sale agreement for the transfer of the land.

3.            To note that the disposal will be subject to several conditions, including that:

3.1     Development is expected to commence by June 2018 and there will be a final later long stop date

3.2     60 new genuinely affordable homes will be delivered

3.3     The Council will have 100% nomination rights to affordable homes delivered on this site.

4.            To agree to delegate authority to the Director for Housing, Growth, and Strategy in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Housing and the Cabinet Member for Economic Development and Regeneration to apply for Secretary of State consent to dispose of the Housing land at Lavender Court.

5.            To agree to delegate to the Strategic Finance Director in Consultation with the Cabinet Member for Finance decision on opting to tax the land sale.

1.            To move towards the establishment of a Family Support Service from 1 October 2017 which will deliver comprehensive and fully integrated child, young person, and family support across the Borough.

2.            To progress the establishment of a JVC, as set out in the Business Plan at Appendix 2, to deliver the Family Support Service and into which relevant staff will transfer from 1 October 2017. The appointment of the Joint Venture partner(s) will be subject to a Cabinet Contract Award Decision.

3.            To agree to the transfer of the following services (and relevant staff as covered by TUPE regulations) to the Family Support Service through the services contract as set out in paragraph 2.7: Children’s Centres, youth provision, the Family Services Early Help Service, universal and targeted substance misuse services for young people, and universal and targeted sexual health services for young people from 1October 2017; and Health Visiting, School Health, and Healthy Schools from no later than 1 October 2018.

4.            To undertake a procurement process for the award of service contracts to deliver a locality 0-18 universal and low level targeted Children’s Centre and youth provision service for a duration of 3 years (with provision for the JVC, once established, to review at an early opportunity) and for these contracts to include terms for their novation to the JVC.

5.            To approve the commissioning and procurement strategy as follows and delegate to the Director of Commissioning for Children’s Services, after consultation and agreement from the Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Social Care, to:

-       Directly award a School Health Service contract to deliver the service from 1 April 2017 up until no later than 30 September 2018;

-       Directly award a Health Visiting Service contract to deliver the service from 1 October 2017 up until no later than 30 September 2018;

-       Directly award a Healthy Schools Service contract to deliver the service from 1 April 2018 up until no later than 30 September 2018.

6.            To undertake a competitive procurement process to establish an institutionalised public-private partnership (IPPP) to enable the appointment of partners to the JVC.

7.            To award a services contract to the Family Support Service to deliver the services in scope for a period of 5 years, with the option of a further 3-year extension, subject to a contract award paper being approved by Cabinet following the completion of the IPPP process.

8.            To agree to the possible transfer into the Family Support Service (subject to future business cases and Cabinet decisions) and include in all planned market engagement activity the following service areas: Youth Offending Service (diversion and out of court work), Childhood Obesity services, existing Adult Social Care assessment and provider services (potential scope to be developed further), relevant employment and education services, and Community Safety including Domestic Violence and Violence Against Women and Girls. Services included in paragraphs 2.3 and 2.8 will inform the scope of the initial Family Support Service contract.

9.            To commission the JVC,  ...  view the full minutes text for item 166.

That approval be given to carry out an upgrade of Frameworki to Mosaic in partnership with Westminster City Council at a cost of £306,693.

1          That the extension provisions available in the London Cyrenians and Look Ahead Housing & Care contracts are utilised to extend the contracts for a 12-month period on existing terms and conditions as set out in Table 1 below for the reasons contained within this report. 

Table 1 – Utilise Available Extension Provisions

2          That Cabinet approves the modification of seven supported housing contracts to extend the contract terms as set out in Table 2 below for the reasons contained within this report.

            Table 2 – Contract Modifications to Extend the Contract Term

3          That Cabinet approves a waiver of the Council’s Contract Standing Orders (CSO) under CSO 3.1 in order to directly award / modify the contracts described above to the incumbent service providers. Approval of a waiver will allow continuity of services to vulnerable adults and their carers whilst services are reviewed and a new Procurement Strategy is developed.

4        That the Council publishes a Prior Information Notice in the Official Journal of the EU informing the market that a re-tendering exercise will commence around March 2018.

The Key Decision List was noted.

That under Section 100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public and press be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the remaining items of business on the grounds that they contain information relating to the financial or business affairs of a person (including the authority) as defined in paragraph 3 of Schedule 12A of the Act, and that the public interest in maintaining the exemption currently outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

[The following is a public summary of the exempt information under S.100C (2) of the Local Government Act 1972.  Exempt minutes exist as a separate document.]

That the minutes of the meeting of the Cabinet held on 6 February 2017be confirmed and signed as an accurate record of the proceedings, and that the outstanding actions be noted.