1. That Cabinet grants a waiver of the usual tendering requirements of Contract Standing Orders (CSO) on the grounds of extreme urgency and because this is in the Council’s overall interests, as provided for in CSO 3, in relation to the School Nursing Service and the Health Visiting Service.
2. That Cabinet approves a direct award of contract to Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (CLCH) from 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020 with provision for four contract extensions each of three months at the contract price set out in the exempt appendix.
3. That Cabinet delegates to the Strategic Director of Social Care & Public Services Reform in consultation with Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Social Care the decisions on whether the contract extensions set out in paragraph 2 should be exercised.