Issue - meetings

Officer: Robert Henderson

Key decision: yes

The Leader of the Council delegated authority to the Cabinet to make the following decisions.

RESOLVED: To

1.    Approve the award of contract for school places for pupils with SEND as recommended by the Contracts and Commissioning Board, to The Beckmead Trust for a contract term of five (5) years at a maximum contract value of £25,756,000;

2.    Approve the award of contracts for school places for pupils with SEND as recommended by the Contracts and Commissioning Board, to the sixteen (16) Enhanced Learning Provisions (ELPs) listed in this report, for a contract term of five (5) years at a maximum contract value of £10,335,000; and

3.    Note that the Director of Commissioning and Procurement has approved a waiver in order to direct award the contracts in accordance with Regulation 18a of the Council’s Tenders and Contracts Regulations.  

The Cabinet Member for Finance & Resources stated that to-date the council had had Service Level Agreements and individual agreements with schools for the provision of Enhanced Learning Provisions (ELP), whereas the report sought to introduce a more formal contract and arrangements. This, it was stated, would enable the council to better arrangements with schools which would introduced improvements for the pupils who used the facilities.

In response to Member questions the Cabinet Member for Children, Young People & Learning stated that a number of papers had been discussed and agreed at Cabinet which sought to support more inclusive learning in a mainstream setting. The recommendations would facilitate additional support for young people with SEND, and was linked to the SEND Strategy.

The Leader of the Council delegated authority to the Cabinet to make the following decisions.

RESOLVED: To

1.     Approve the award of contract for school places for pupils with SEND as recommended by the Contracts and Commissioning Board, to The Beckmead Trust for a contract term of five (5) years at a maximum contract value of £25,756,000;

2.     Approve the award of contracts for school places for pupils with SEND as recommended by the Contracts and Commissioning Board, to the sixteen (16) Enhanced Learning Provisions (ELPs) listed in this report, for a contract term of five (5) years at a maximum contract value of £10,335,000; and

3.     Note that the Director of Commissioning and Procurement has approved a waiver in order to direct award the contracts in accordance with Regulation 18a of the Council’s Tenders and Contracts Regulations.