Cabinet received a report from the Cabinet Member for Children and Education on the proposals for re-tendering the contracts for the provision of day-care nursery services at four of the Borough’s Children’s Centres, the current contracts for which are due to expire later this year.
Cabinet agreed:
(i) To a competitive re-tendering exercise for the appointment of providers of full day-care nursery services at Becontree, William Bellamy, Gascoigne and Sydney Russell Children’s Centres, in accordance with the Council’s Contract Rules, on the terms detailed in this report; and
(ii) To authorise the Corporate Director of Children’s Services, in consultation with the Corporate Director of Finance and Resources and the Solicitor to the Council, to award the contracts and coterminous leases for the four Children’s Centre Day Nurseries (Becontree, William Bellamy, Gascoigne and Sydney Russell) to the successful contractors on completion of the procurement process.