Healthy Schools is a highly successful and well evidence based public health programme which plays a critical and strategic part in harnessing the influence of schools and early year’s settings to tackle major health priorities in the boroughs.
1) This report seeks approval for a one year (one year + one year possible extension) direct award of the contract, using terms and conditions that have been approved for use, for these services until 31st March 2018.
2) The service provider has a unique position in the provision of these education services. Added to their expert knowledge and extensive stakeholder engagement that would be difficult to replicate if the three boroughs decided to re-tender the services.
3) The recommendation to directly award the contract to the incumbent service provider will allow these services to complement the school health services which are being retendered in October 2015 and give stability to the 5 -19 year old service area which otherwise would become vulnerable.
Decision type: Key
Reason Key: Expenditure/Income over £5m & policies or new income, reserves use, overspend over £300K;
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Notice of proposed decision first published: 10/03/2016
Report access: Open;
Decision due: 11 Apr 2016 by Cabinet
Lead member: Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Social Care
Department: Social Care Department
Contact: Mike Robinson.