Issue - decisions
Procurement of Speech and Language Therapy services
22/05/2013 - Authority to tender contracts for speech and language therapy services
(i) that the pre-tender considerations and the criteria to be used to evaluate tenders for two Speech and Language Therapy contracts as set out in paragraph 3.1 of the report from the Director of Children and Families be approved.
(ii) that approval be given to officers to invite expressions of interest, agree shortlists, if relevant, and invite tenders in accordance with the procurement timetable and evaluate them in accordance with the approved evaluation criteria referred to in (i) above.
(iii) that it be noted that options had been explored for a collaborative procurement with other West London Alliance boroughs which if feasible would have followed the same procurement process set out in (i) and (ii) by way of procuring two framework agreements; however, following a meeting with the West London Alliance Board of Directors, these options were no longer being pursued.