Issue - decisions

That the Leader in consultation with the Director of Children Services, approves:

1.    A waiver under Contract Standing Orders (CSO) 3.1 in relation to the competition requirement set out in CSO 10.2 on the grounds that this is in the council’s overall interest.

2.    The direct award of the following contracts for the provision of the SFAYC project for a fixed term of 12 months from the start date:

i.            direct award of contract to Key4Life (a charity working in Hammersmith and Fulham) with a total annual contract value of £49,000 for the 12 months duration of the project.

ii.          direct award of contract to Wipers Youth ( a community interest company working in Hammersmith and Fulham) with a total annual contract value of £22,000 for the 12 months duration of the project. 

iii.         direct award of contract to Violence Intervention Project (a charity working in Hammersmith and Fulham) with a total annual contract value £90,000 for the 12 months duration of the project

3.    Note the external recruitment of a Contextual Safeguarding Co-ordinator on a fixed term contract for the duration of the project. The Co-ordinator role involves project managing; project evaluation and performance data returns to the MHCLG; and working with partners to ensure that data on young people at risk is shared and put in place a targeted range of interventions for each young person and their family.

4.    Note that the Council and CVS partners have been given £360,000 to jointly deliver a project that work with young people at risk and families to reduce offending and crime up to March 2020.