Decision - Home to School Transport - procurement

RESOLVED –

That the Children, Young People and Skills Committee:

1.     Note the progress report on the Home to School Transport (HTST) Service.

2.     Endorse the re-procurement of a contract for home to school transport for pupils with special educational needs and other transport for vulnerable children and adults on behalf of social care teams, for a term of four years from 1 September 2023 to 31 August 2027.

3.     Endorse the option of an amended Dynamic Purchasing System, without reverse auction bidding, tendered on a route-by-route basis.

4.     Grant delegated authority to the Executive Director of Families, Children & Learning to carry out the procurement and award of the contract referred to in Paragraph 2.2 of the report including the award and letting of the framework agreement. A progress report will be shared at each Committee meeting.

5.     Endorse expectations that Operators pay (and verify that they pay) their staff the living wage, where they directly employ them (see 14.19 of the report).