Issue - decisions

(i)            that the Council’s participation in a WLA initiative, led by LB Hillingdon, to establish a framework contract for Independent Fostering Agencies be noted;

(ii)        That authority be delegated to officers to access the IFA framework and give permission to enter into an Access Agreement with the London Borough of Hillingdon to use the framework;

(iii)       That an exemption from the usual requirements of Contract Standing Order 86(d)(ii) be approved so that it is not necessary to seek advice from the Director of Legal and Procurement each and every time a call-off is proposed from the IFA framework.