RESOLVED:

1.    That the contract for the provision of Risk and Resilience Service be awarded to the organisation identified as Contractor A in the Confidential Annex to the Cabinet report, for a period of 3 years from 1 April 2020, with an option to extend for up to two further years at the discretion of the council.

2.    That authority be delegated to the Director of Children Schools and Families after consultation with the Cabinet Member for Children to approve the additional 2 further years’ extensions.

The Director of Children, Schools and Families presented the report in the absence of the Cabinet Member.  She drew Cabinet’s attention to the extensive consultation which had taken place, particularly the important role that the Young Commissioners had played in the process.  She apologised on behalf of the Young Commissioners, who would have liked to attend the Cabinet meeting to co-present the report, but who were currently revising for their mock A Level exams.

RESOLVED:

1.    That the contract for the provision of Risk and Resilience Service be awarded to the organisation identified as Contractor A in the Confidential Annex to the Cabinet report, for a period of 3 years from 1 April 2020, with an option to extend for up to two further years at the discretion of the council.

2.    That authority be delegated to the Director of Children Schools and Families after consultation with the Cabinet Member for Children to approve the additional 2 further years’ extensions.