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After a competitive commissioning process, a 12 month contract was awarded to the Anna Freud Centre commencing on the 1 April 2014 for Clinical Input (psychology and psychotherapy) into the Inclusion Support Team.  A further six month extension was granted in order to gather significant evidence around the impact of this service. The current contract will end on the 30 September 2015. Officers have reviewed the outcome data from this clinical input and as a result of its positive impact recommends this provision continues (see section 3). This report requests approval to invite tenders for the provision of Clinical Input services to the Inclusion Support Team as required by Contract Standing Orders 88 and 89.

(i)         that approval be given to the pre-tender considerations to seek expressions of interest and invite tenders for clinical input to the Inclusion Support Team as set out in paragraph 3.12 of the report, with a proposed contract period of three years with an option to extend for a further one year;

(ii)        that approval be given to the evaluation of the tenderson the basis of the evaluation criteria set out in paragraph 3.12 (vi) of the report.

The report from the Strategic Director, Children and Young People advised that after a competitive commissioning process, a 12 month contract was awarded to the Anna Freud Centre commencing on the 1 April 2014 for Clinical Input (psychology and psychotherapy) into the Inclusion Support Team an integral part of the council’s work to combat exclusion from schools. A further six month extension was granted in order to gather significant evidence around the impact of this service which was due to end on the 30 September 2015. Councillor Moher (Lead Member, Children and Young People) advised that the following a review of outcome data from the clinical input it was recommended that the provision continue with a longer contract for greater stability.

RESOLVED:

(i)         that approval be given to the pre-tender considerations to seek expressions of interest and invite tenders for clinical input to the Inclusion Support Team as set out in paragraph 3.12 of the report from the Strategic Director, Children and Young People, with a proposed contract period of three years with an option to extend for a further one year;

(ii)        that approval be given to the evaluation of the tenderson the basis of the evaluation criteria set out in paragraph 3.12 (vi) of the report.