Decision details

The Cabinet will be asked to consider proposals to join Newham Council in a sector wide framework agreement to tender for a special needs taxi service

The Cabinet Member for Children and Education presented a report on proposals for the Council to participate in an East London Solutions procurement, led by the London Borough of Newham, of a Framework Contract for the provision of passenger transport taxi services for children and adults with special needs.

Cabinet agreed:-

  (i)  That the Council be named as a participating authority in a tendering exercise, led by the London Borough of Newham and involving a number of other participating authorities, for a four-year Framework Contract for Taxi Provision to include the provision of SEN, safeguarding transport for adults and children, as described in the report;

  (ii)  That the Cabinet Member for Children and Education be kept informed on the progress of the procurement and the use of the Framework Agreement; and

 (iii)  To authorise the Corporate Director of Children’s Services to award contracts for the provision of taxi transport, as and when required by the Council, via the Framework Agreement.