Issue - meetings

The report concerns the provision of targeted services that promote education, employment and training for young people at risk of becoming NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training). It requests Cabinet approval to invite tenders in respect of these services as required by Contract Standing Orders 88 and 89, and seeks delegated authority to award the contract. 

RESOLVED:

      i.        Cabinet approved the Invitation to Tender process for a Targeted Service to Promote Education, Employment and Training for Young People on the basis of the pretender considerations, set out in the report.

    ii.        Cabinet approved officers evaluating the tenders referred to above on the basis of the evaluation criteria set out in the report.

   iii.        Cabinet delegated authority to the Strategic Director of Children and Young People, in consultation with the Lead Member for Children's Safeguarding, Early Help and Social Care, to award a contract for a Targeted Service to Promote Education, Employment and Training for Young People for the reasons detailed in the report for a term of 3 years, with the option to extend by 2 years.

   iv.        Cabinet noted the delivery arrangements for the Targeted Service to Promote Education, Employment and Training for Young People and the estimated budget as set out in the report.

Councillor Mili Patel, Cabinet Member for Children’s Safeguarding, Early Help and Social Care, introduced the report concerning the provision of targeted services that promote education, employment and training for young people at risk of becoming NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training). She stated that the report requests Cabinet approval to invite tenders in respect of these services as required by Contract Standing Orders 88 and 89, and seeks delegated authority to award the contract.

RESOLVED:

      i.        Cabinet approved the Invitation to Tender process for a Targeted Service to Promote Education, Employment and Training for Young People on the basis of the pretender considerations, set out in the report.

    ii.        Cabinet approved officers evaluating the tenders referred to above on the basis of the evaluation criteria set out in the report.

   iii.        Cabinet delegated authority to the Strategic Director of Children and Young People, in consultation with the Lead Member for Children's Safeguarding, Early Help and Social Care, to award a contract for a Targeted Service to Promote Education, Employment and Training for Young People for the reasons detailed in the report for a term of 3 years, with the option to extend by 2 years.

   iv.        Cabinet noted the delivery arrangements for the Targeted Service to Promote Education, Employment and Training for Young People and the estimated budget as set out in the report.