Decision - SENDIASS – Special Education Needs & Disabilities Information, Advice and Support Services Recommissioning

Brighton and Hove Children, Young People & Skills Committee Decided 7 Mar 2022 approved GET /api/coverage

Decision maker

Children, Young People & Skills Committee

Report author

Lisa Brown

Published

9 Mar 2022

Reference

6540

As published

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RESOLVED – That the Children, Young People and Skills Committee grants delegated authority to the Executive Director of Families, Children and Learning to jointly procure the Information, Advice and Support Service Contract with East Sussex County Council in collaboration with Brighton and Hove and East Sussex Clinical Commissioning Groups and award the contract for an initial term of three years with the option to extend the contract for a further period(s) of up to two years, subject to review and satisfactory performance.

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The Committee was asked to approve the joint recommissioning and procurement of the Special Educational Needs and Disability Information, Advice and Support Service with East Sussex County Council and the relevant Clinical Commissioning Groups. The service provides impartial information, advice and support to children, young people, parents and carers up to age 25.

Recommendation

Grant delegated authority to the Executive Director of Families, Children and Learning to jointly procure and award the Information, Advice and Support Service Contract with East Sussex County Council, in collaboration with Brighton & Hove and East Sussex Clinical Commissioning Groups, for an initial three-year term with an option to extend by up to two years, subject to review and satisfactory performance.

Financial impact

Annual provisional budget of £120,000 for April 2022 to March 2023, comprising £94,000 from Brighton & Hove City Council and £26,000 from Brighton & Hove Clinical Commissioning Group; estimated five-year budget of £600,000 excluding inflation and VAT.

Ward affected

city-wide

Decision maker

Children, Young People and Skills Committee

Date in document

7 Mar 2022

Stakeholders named

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Children and young people aged 0 to 25 with, or who may have, special educational needs or a disabilityParents and carersBrighton & Hove City CouncilEast Sussex County CouncilBrighton & Hove Clinical Commissioning GroupEast Sussex Clinical Commissioning Group

Next steps

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The Executive Director of Families, Children and Learning will jointly recommission and procure the Information, Advice and Support Service.
The contract will be awarded for an initial three years, with an option to extend for up to two further years subject to review and satisfactory performance.
The procurement will be structured as two separate lots to accommodate the different social value assessment policies of Brighton & Hove City Council and East Sussex County Council.

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