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Forward Plan Ref: 2010/136

Contact: Janet Pring, Service Manager Commissioning Tel: (01865) 323891

Report by Director for Children, Young People & Families (CMDCY6).

The purpose of this report is to request Cabinet Member decision on the award of contract for an integrated children’s community therapies service.

The report provides a brief summary of the review of Children’s Community Speech and Language Therapy, Children’s Community Occupational Therapy and Children’s Physiotherapy services and the process followed for procuring a re-designed service.

Details of the proposed contract award and legal and financial issues are set out in Annex 1 which is deemed exempt and confidential information.

The public should be excluded during consideration of Annex 1 of the report  because its discussion in public would be likely to lead to the disclosure to members of the public present of information in the following prescribed categories:

3. Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information); and

4. Information  relating to any consultations or negotiations, or contemplated consultations or negotiations, in connection with any labour relations matters arising between the authority or a Minister of the Crown and employees of, or officer-holders under the authority

and since it is considered that, in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information, in that such disclosure would prejudice the commercial position of the parties involved.

The Cabinet Member for Children, Young People & Families is RECOMMENDED to approve the revised Provider Agreement as attached at Annex 1 and to delegate to the Director for Children, Young People & Families decisions on any future amendments of an operational nature which may be needed.

It was AGREED to approve the revised Provider Agreement as set out in paragraph 1 of the confidential Annex 1 to this report for the provision of an Integrated Children’s Community Therapies Service.