Issue - meetings

Report CEF22056

The report sought authorisation to award a new contract to ADAM to run and manage the Dynamic Purchasing System for the Home and Tuition Service via a direct award calling off of the g-cloud framework for an initial term of two years commencing 2 March 2023 followed by two prospective 12-month extensions.  ADAM was the current provider of this service which met the Virtual School’s statutory duty to promote the education of children looked after and performance of the Dynamic Purchasing System had been identified as being generally good with further work being undertaken to improve aspects of service delivery.  A number of commissioning options had been considered for this service and the recommissioning of ADAM had been identified as the most viable option as it offered the best reporting system and could be managed within the existing administrative capacity.

RESOLVED: That the Council’s Executive be recommended to:

·  Approve the procurement strategy outlined in Report CEF22056 to award a new contract to ADAM to run and manage the Dynamic Purchasing System for the Home and Tuition Service via a direct award calling off of the g-cloud framework for an initial term of two years commencing 2 March 2023 followed by two prospective 12-month extensions;

·  Note the projected value of the contract per annum of £25k for the Dynamic Purchasing System and £700k of services purchased through the system with an approximate full life contract value of £2.9M; and,

·  Delegate authority to the Chief Officer to authorise the two 12-month extension options.