The Cabinet Member for Children’s Services introduced a report seeking approval to procure a new contract to provide taxi services to children with special educational and complex needs.
The Cabinet Member advised that it was originally intended to participate in a joint borough arrangement with the Newham Council, but that option had not proved successful. As a consequence, the existing contract was extended to 30 April 2013 to enable the proposed procurement to be completed.
Cabinet agreed:
(i) The procurement of a four-year Framework Agreement for the provision of taxi services for children with special educational and complex needs from 1 May 2013, as detailed in the report; and
(ii) That a further report be presented on the outcome of the procurement exercise in order for the Cabinet to appoint the successful tenderer(s) to the Framework Agreement.