Issue - meetings
Approval to tender a contract for Speech and Language Therapy
Meeting: 15/10/2018 - Cabinet (Item 14)
14 Approval to Tender a Contract for Speech and Language Therapy 
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The report sets out the commissioning and delivery models considered for the provision of speech and language therapy to support children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) in mainstream schools, children’s centres and linked early years settings.
Additional documents:
Decision:
RESOLVED:
i. Cabinet approved the preferred commissioning approach and delivery model for a contract that delivers Speech and Language Therapy to support children with SEND in mainstream schools, children’s centres and linked early years settings as set out in the report.
ii. Cabinet approved the invitation of tenders for the contract referred to above on the basis of the pre-tender considerations as set out in the report.
iii. Cabinet approved that officers evaluate the tenders referred to above on the basis of the evaluation criteria set out in section (vi) of the report
iv. Cabinet delegated authority to award the contract for Speech and Language Therapy for children with SEND in mainstream schools, children’s centres and linked early years settings to the Strategic Director, Children and Young People, in consultation with the Lead Member for Children's Safeguarding, Early Help and Social Care as detailed in the report.
Minutes:
Councillor Mili Patel, Cabinet Member for Children’s Safeguarding, Early Help and Social Care, introduced the report setting out the commissioning and delivery models considered for the provision of speech and language therapy to support children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) in mainstream schools, children’s centres and linked early years settings.
Councillor Patel stated that the report seeks Cabinet approval to invite tenders for the provision of Speech and Language Therapy to support children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) in mainstream schools, children’s centres and linked early years settings, as required by Contract Standing Orders 88 and 89.
RESOLVED:
i. Cabinet approved the preferred commissioning approach and delivery model for a contract that delivers Speech and Language Therapy to support children with SEND in mainstream schools, children’s centres and linked early years settings as set out in the report.
ii. Cabinet approved the invitation of tenders for the contract referred to above on the basis of the pre-tender considerations as set out in the report.
iii. Cabinet approved that officers evaluate the tenders referred to above on the basis of the evaluation criteria set out in section (vi) of the report
iv. Cabinet delegated authority to award the contract for Speech and Language Therapy for children with SEND in mainstream schools, children’s centres and linked early years settings to the Strategic Director, Children and Young People, in consultation with the Lead Member for Children's Safeguarding, Early Help and Social Care as detailed in the report.