Decision details

Procurement of Special Educational Needs Home to School Transport contracts

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

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

To seek approval for the procurement of Special Educational Needs Home to School Transport

Decision:

to proceed with a review and re-procurement of transport contracts into Springwater School, Forest School, Woodlands School, Marchbank School, Forest Moor School and Brompton Hall School.

Reasons for the decision:

Integrated Passenger Transport (IPT) undertakes to re-evaluate all of its contracted SEND transport contracts (delegated responsibility from The Corporate Director of Children and Young Peoples Service) across North Yorkshire through a programme of SEN School reviews.

Contracts into the schools listed are due to end in April 2024 and new contracts must be secured to start after the Easter holidays. A full review of all individual pupil requirements and transport routes will be undertaken as part of this review.

The review of pupil requirements will be undertaken by the SEND Transport Team, in close consultation with the IPT Team and each of the special schools involved. Parental Allowances will be offered as an alternative to transport prior to commencement of the procurement

Alternative options considered:

N/A

Publication date: 22/06/2023

Date of decision: 22/06/2023

Effective from: 01/07/2023

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