Decision details
Special Needs Transport Managed Service - Contract Renewal
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
to agree the payment of London Living Wage to
divers and escorts employed by the Special Needs transport service
that is shared with Harrow Council.
Decisions:
Councillor Krupa Sheth, as Lead Member for Environment introduced a report detailing the outcome and cost options relating to the re-procurement of the managed personnel contract that provided drivers and assistants for the shared Special Needs Transport (SNT) service, and the proposal to pay the London Living Wage (LLW) to staff employed through the contract.
Members noted that the recommissioning exercise had been a process led by the London Borough of Harrow, on behalf of Brent. Confirmation was provided that the associated costs would be funded through corporate reserves in 2021/22 and then built into the Medium Term Financial Strategy from 2022/23 onwards.
Councillor M Butt, Leader of the Council reaffirmed the Council’s commitment to ensuring that the LLW was pursued as standard across Council contracts, in view of the wider benefits provided.
RESOLVED that Cabinet to approve an uplift in payment in line with LLW which draws from the Council’s reserves in 2021/22, but which would be included in the Council’s Medium Term Financial Strategy from 2022/23 onwards.
Reason Key: Signficant expenditure/savings of £500k or more;
Wards Affected: (All Wards);
Contact: Chris Whyte, Director - Public Realm Email: chris.whyte@brent.gov.uk Tel: 020 8937 5342.
Report author: Chris Whyte
Publication date: 08/03/2021
Date of decision: 08/03/2021
Decided at meeting: 08/03/2021 - Cabinet
Effective from: 16/03/2021
Accompanying Documents:
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