Decision details

Extension of multiple contracts for SEN Home to School Transport

Decision Maker: Corporate Director Children and Young People's Services

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

To seek approval from the Director of extending contracts for SEN Home to School transports for the listed schools below
• Welburn Hall
• Mowbray School
• Springhead School
• Hob Moor Oaks School
• Applefields School
• Brooklands School
• Dales School

Decision:

Approval of SEND Home to School Transport contract extensions for the following 7 schools:
• Welburn Hall: (extend to April 2023)
• Mowbray School: (extend to April 2023)
• Springhead School: (extend to April 2023)
• Hob Moor Oaks School: (extend to April 2023)
• Applefields School: (extend to April 2023)
• Brooklands School: (extend to April 2023)
• Dales School: (extend to April 2023)

The current contract end date for all of the above contracts is 8th April 2022. The whole life value of the contracts is £3,419,209.80

Reasons for the decision:

As there is no record of an original Key Decision for the initial term, this extension is being treated as a Key Decision. This extension allows Integrated Passenger Transport / Procurement to conduct a full review of each school’s / pupil needs and the outcome will result in a competitive procurement process. The whole life costs for these routes is £3,419,209 including these proposed extensions.

These contracts are needed to allow the Council to continue to fulfil its statutory duty to provide home to school transport for pupils from April 2022 and given that Covid-19 has brought huge day to day workload issues for the IPT team, CYPS SEN team and operators, there has been insufficient time to procure these services any other way.

Alternative options considered:

None

Publication date: 05/04/2022

Date of decision: 05/04/2022

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