Issue - meetings

This report follows Executive agreement in July 2013 to proposals for the various advice and guidance arrangements which form part of the Voluntary Sector Initiative Fund. This report requests approval to invite tenders in respect of Advice & Guidance for people with disabilities and older people as required by Contract Standing Orders 88 and 89. 

(i)         to approve inviting tenders for Advice and Guidance Service for people with disabilities and older people on the basis of the pre - tender considerations set out in paragraph 3.10 of the report;

(ii)        to give approval to officers to evaluate the tenders referred to in 2.1 above on the basis of the evaluation criteria set out in paragraph 3.10 of the report;

(iii)       to delegate authority to the Assistant Chief Executive to agree the award of the contract to the successful bidder, in liaison with the portfolio holder for Corporate Strategy and Policy Coordination, for the reasons set out in paragraph 3.11 of the report;

(iv)       to agree an extension to the interim contract for advice for people with disabilities provided by Brent Mencap, until the start of the new contract being tendered as referred to in paragraph (i)

(v)        to note the extension of the grant funded agreements with Age UK for provision of advice to older people and with Brent Mencap for provision of advice to people with learning disabilities until the start of the new contract being tendered as referred to in paragraphs 3.6 and 3.8.

Councillor Butt (Chair, Leader of the Council) introduced the report from the Assistant Chief Executive which followed agreement in July 2013 to proposals for the various advice and guidance arrangements which formed part of the Voluntary Sector Initiative Fund. The report requested approval to invite tenders in respect of Advice and Guidance for people with disabilities and older people as required by Contract Standing Orders 88 and 89. 

RESOLVED:

(i)         that approval be given to the invite of tenders for Advice and Guidance Service for people with disabilities and older people on the basis of the pre-tender considerations set out in paragraph 3.10 of the report from the Assistant Chief Executive;

(ii)        that approval be given to the evaluation of the tenders referred to in (i) above on the basis of the evaluation criteria set out in paragraph 3.10 of the report;

(iii)       that authority be delegated to the Assistant Chief Executive to agree the award of the contract to the successful bidder, in liaison with the portfolio holder for Corporate Strategy and Policy Coordination, for the reasons set out in paragraph 3.11 of the report;

(iv)       that agreement be given to an extension to the interim contract for advice for people with disabilities provided by Brent Mencap, until the start of the new contract being tendered as referred to in paragraph (i);

(v)        that the extension of the grant funded agreements with Age UK for provision of advice to older people and with Brent Mencap for provision of advice to people with learning disabilities until the start of the new contract being tendered as referred to in paragraphs 3.6 and 3.8 of the report be noted.