Issue - meetings

This report requests authority to award 2 individual contracts for the provision of Speech, Language and Therapy services (“SLT”) for children’s centres and mainstream education for the Council as required by Contract Standing Order No 88. This report summarises the process undertaken in tendering these contracts and, following the completion of the evaluation of the tenders, recommends to whom the contracts should be awarded.

that the Executive award contracts for the provision of Speech and Language Therapy services to Central and North West London Health Trust (CNWL) for Children’s Centres and to North West London Health Trust (NWLHT) for Mainstream Education for an initial contract period of two years from 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2016 with an option for the Council to extend for up to a further additional one (1) year. The price for the first two years of the Children’s Centres contract is £589k. The price for the first two years of the Mainstream Education contract is £656k.

Councillor Pavey (Lead Member, Children and Families) introduced the report from the Acting Director of Children and Families which requested authority to award two individual contracts for the provision of Speech, Language and Therapy services (“SLT”) for children’s centres and mainstream education for the council as required by Contract Standing Order No 88. The report summarised the process undertaken in tendering these contracts and, following the completion of the evaluation of the tenders, recommended to whom the contracts should be awarded. It was noted that the new arrangements would yield savings.

The Executive also had before them an appendix to the report which was not for publication as it contained the following category of exempt information as specified in Schedule 12 of the Local Government (Access to Information Act) 1972: 

Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).

RESOLVED:

that the Executive award contracts for the provision of Speech and Language Therapy services to Central and North West London Health Trust (CNWL) for Children’s Centres and to North West London Health Trust (NWLHT) for Mainstream Education for an initial contract period of two years from 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2016 with an option for the Council to extend for up to a further additional one year. The price for the first two years of the Children’s Centres contract was £589k. The price for the first two years of the Mainstream Education contract was £656k.