Issue - decisions

That the Strategic Director for the Environment, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Social Inclusion and Community Safety:

1.    Notes that Appendix 2 and Appendix 3 are not for publication on the basis that they contain information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information) as set out in paragraph 3 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended).

2.    Approves the recommendation to not award the contract for Lot 1 and instead to bring this service in-house for two years (total two-year service value of £400,000), effective from 1 April 2023.

3.    Approves the award of the contract for Lot 2 to Standing Together Against Domestic Abuse for a period of two years with the possibility to extend for two 12-month periods (total maximum four-year contract value of £100,000), effective from 1 April 2023.