The Board:
(i) Waived the requirement to tender for the commissioning of the Healthy Child 5-19 Programme, in accordance with the Council’s Contract Rules; and
(ii) Delegated authority to the Strategic Director Service Development and Improvement and Deputy Chief Executive, in consultation with the Director of Public Health, Corporate Director of Children’s Services, Strategic Director, Finance and Investment, and the Director of Law and Governance, to enter into a direct contract for six months for Healthy Child 5-19 Programme to NELFT from 1 April 2016 until 30September 2016, in accordance with the strategy set out in the report.