Issue - meetings

Copies of the procurement documents relating to the award of contract for the Young Carers Service.  

To receive a report from the Cabinet Member for Specialist Children’s Services and the Corporate Director of Education and Young People’s Services, and to consider and endorse or make recommendations to the Cabinet Member on the proposed decision to retrospectively award the contract for the delivery of the Young Carers Service.

(Stuart Collins, Interim Director of Early Help and Preventative Services, attended the meeting for this item).

1.    Mr Collins introduced his report which explained that following a review of governance in the procurement of Early Help and Preventative Services contracts, to ensure full compliance with KCC’s Governance process, some actions had been identified.  Early Help and Preventative Services procured a Young Carers Service in March 2016.  The purpose of the service was to provide direct support to young carers and their families and raise awareness and train the wider workforce that come into contact with young carers.

2.    Mr Collins then responded to the questions raised by Committee Members, and made points including the following:

·         A report showing performance of IMAGO against performance indicators could be provided at the March meeting of the Cabinet Committee.

·         Regular contract monitoring took place, and the supplier was performing well, providing a good service and meeting specifications.

3.    Mr Leeson then added the following points:

·         Delegation to the Corporate Director of the extension of contract after a three year period was simply a provision for the option to extend.

4.   The Chairman proposed to endorse the recommendations set out in the report. Upon being put to the vote, this was carried, with 10 for, 0 against and 1 abstention.

RESOLVED that the decision proposed to be taken by the Cabinet Member, as set out below, be endorsed:

(a)  Retrospectively make the award of the contract for the Young Carers Service to IMAGO Community with the total lifetime value (36 plus 12 months of £1,316,550.73, as set out in the Approval to Award report (in the exempt part of this report);

(b)  Delegate the extension of the contract after three years to the Corporate Director for Education and Young People’s Services, in consultation with the Cabinet Member.