Issue - decisions

That the Cabinet Member for Children and Families delegates authority to the Director of Commissioning, Inclusion and Learning, in consultation with the Director of Children and Families, the Director of Finance and Commercial Services, the Director of Legal and Governance, as appropriate, and in liaison with the Lead Cabinet Member for Children and Families, to:

(i) Determine and approve a procurement strategy for the re-procurement of a Care Leavers supported housing contract framework as outlined in the report;

(ii) award places on the framework to providers submitting the best value for money tenders based on our specifications and quality requirements for young people;

(iii) authorise future placements to be made by the Children and Families service in line with existing processes and protocols with providers on the framework, with and award contracts for these individual placements;

(iv) take any other action necessary, including extending or breaking contracts in accordance with their terms, as may be required to facilitate the outcomes outlined in the report;

(v) take any actions necessary to ensure the continuation of service delivery arrangements with existing suppliers under the terms and conditions which applied in their contracts under the White Rose Framework until such date that contracts procured for successor service delivery arrangements commence.