Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
The Cabinet will be asked to approve proposals relating to the procurement of nursery services at The Maples, Gascoigne Road, Barking and note the annual Childcare Sufficiency Assessment update.
Cabinet resolved to:
(i) Agree the procurement of a seven year contract, with an extension option for up to three years, for the provision of nursery services at a new nursery on the Shaftesbury Estate;
(ii) Delegate authority to the Corporate Director for Children’s Services, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Education and Schools, the Strategic Director of Finance and Investment and the Head of Legal and Democratic Services, to award and enter into the contract and coterminous lease to the successful bidder in accordance with the strategy; and
(iii) Note the Childcare Sufficiency Assessment Report 2015 as set out at Appendix 1 to the report.
Report author: Jane Hargreaves
Publication date: 16/12/2015
Date of decision: 15/12/2015
Decided at meeting: 15/12/2015 - Cabinet
Effective from: 24/12/2015
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