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Meeting: 12/02/2018 - Cabinet (Item 16)

16 Authority to Contract Placements for Children with Special Education Needs And Disabilities (SEND) And Looked After Children through the West London Alliance Dynamic Purchasing Vehicles pdf icon PDF 107 KB

This report seeks Cabinet agreement for a variation to the electronic tendering system proposed for the contracting of Independent and Non-maintained Special School placements for children with SEND. It also seeks Cabinet agreement to utilise the West London Alliance electronic tendering systems for the contracting of Children’s Home and Independent Fostering Agency placements for Looked After Children.

Decision:

It was RESOLVED:

 

15.1    That the variation from a Dynamic Purchasing System to a Dynamic Purchasing Vehicle for the procurement of Independent and Non-maintained Special School (INMSS) placements for children with SEND, be approved;

 

15.2    That the Council’s entry into an Access Agreement with Barnet for Brent Council to call-off the West London Alliance (WLA) Dynamic Purchasing Vehicle for Independent Fostering Agency placements for Looked After Children, be approved;

 

15.3    That the Council’s entry into an Access Agreement with Ealing for Brent to call-off the West London Alliance’s (WLA) Dynamic Purchasing Vehicle for Children’s Home placements for Looked After Children, be approved.

Minutes:

Councillor Mili Patel (Lead Member for Children and Young People) introduced the report and explained that West London Alliance (WLA) authorities had developed the design and scope of the current ‘Dynamic Purchasing System’ and that the new approach developed had been re-labelled ‘Dynamic Purchasing Vehicle’. She directed Members to the detail of the changes and expected benefits which had been outlined within the report.  

 

It was RESOLVED:

 

16.1    That the variation from a Dynamic Purchasing System to a Dynamic Purchasing Vehicle for the procurement of Independent and Non-maintained Special School (INMSS) placements for children with SEND, be approved;

 

16.2    That the Council’s entry into an Access Agreement with Barnet for Brent Council to call-off the West London Alliance (WLA) Dynamic Purchasing Vehicle for Independent Fostering Agency placements for Looked After Children, be approved;

 

16.3    That the Council’s entry into an Access Agreement with Ealing for Brent to call-off the West London Alliance’s (WLA) Dynamic Purchasing Vehicle for Children’s Home placements for Looked After Children, be approved.

 

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