Reference: D44177
Decision Maker: Director of Children's Services
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Decision to award a number of Children’s Services contracts without subjecting the matter to competition, for the continued delivery of commissioned services in 2017/18. This will be managed via the block waiver process.
The Director of Children’s Services approved the waiver of the following Contracts Procedure Rule(s):
Contracts Procedure Rule No 8 – Between £10k and £100k Intermediate Value Procurements and award contracts to:
· Basis Yorkshire in the sum of £28k. The contract shall commence on the 1st April 2017 and expire on the 31st March 2018.
· The Market Place in the sum of £92,385. The contract shall commence on the 1st April 2017 and expire on the 31st March 2018.
Contracts Procedure Rule No 9 – Over £100k High Value Procurements for the following contracts:
· Barnardo’s in the sum of £265,725 per annum (Children Services contribution of £161,473, Adult Social Care contribution of £104,252). The contract shall commence on the 1st July 2017 and expire on the 31st March 2018 [with the option to extend for a period of 12 months].
Reason Key: Expenditure > £250,000;
Wards Affected: (All Wards);
Other reasons / organisations consulted
Elected Members, CSLT, Commissioned Service Providers, Heads of Service
Consultees
Cllr Mulherin
Cllr Blake
Steve Walker
Sal Tariq
Sue Rumbold
Sue Wynne
Andrew Eastwood
Tim Pouncey
Third Sector Providers (via briefing events)
Andrea Richardson
Barbara Newton
Viv Buckland
Contact: Catherine Henderson 0113 37 85430.
Publication date: 03/03/2017
Date of decision: 13/03/2017
Effective from: 21/03/2017
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