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Salford City Council – Record of
Decision
 
I, Paul Dennett, City
Mayor, in exercise of the powers
contained within the Council Constitution do hereby approve:
 

·     
the award of the
Contract forTargeted Support to Help Salford
Young People Engage in Appropriate and Compliant Education,
Employment and Training Provisionas detailed
in the table below:
 

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Title/Description of Contracted
Service/Supply/Project

Targeted Support to Help Salford Young People Engage
in Appropriate and Compliant Education, Employment and Training
Provision

Name of Successful
Contractor

Career Connect

Supplier Registration Number

(to be supplied by Corporate
Procurement)

4233289

Type of organisation

(to be supplied by Corporate
Procurement)

Registered Charity

Status of Organisation

(to be supplied by Corporate
Procurement)

SME

Contract Value (£)

£ 1,747,000 full project

Contract Duration

27 months

Contract Start Date

01/01/2024

Contract End Date

31/03/2026

Optional Extension Period 1

12 months

Optional Extension Period 2

12 months

Who will approve each Extension
Period?

Procurement Board (extension >
£150k)

Contact Officer (Name &
number)

SARAH SCANLAN, 0161 778 0461

Lead Service Group

Place

How the contract
was procured?

(to be supplied by
procurement)

Open Tender

Framework Details (where
applicable)

(procurement body, framework reference
& title, start/ end date

 

Funding Source

Combination of Above (please detail below)

Ethical
Contractor (EC): Mayor’s Employment Charter

 
 

EC: Committed to sign up to charter

EC: Accredited Living Wage Employer

 

 
The Reasons are:
Following a fair and transparent open tender process, Career
Connect, have successfully met due diligence and the overall
response across quality, price and social value has demonstrated
that they are able to provide a robust Targeted Support Service for
young people within Salford.
 
Options considered and rejected
were:
In-sourcing delivery of the Targeted Support Service for young
people was considered and rejected for a number of reasons. This
including the available timescales, the potential for increased
costs, putting in place relevant quality assurance frameworks
within a limited timeframe, DfE statutory
duties/ skills and knowledge required and the need for staff to
have specialist Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG)
qualifications.  
On this basis a competitive open tender exercise was
deemed to be the best option for delivering a quality service for
young people in Salford.
 
Assessment of Risk:
As
this service provides statutory functions on behalf of the local
authority back to DfE we need to ensure the service commences on
1st January 2024, otherwise we will be unable to provide
statutory data returns.  Also, we need
to ensure young people have the service in place to provide
continuity of support beyond the current contract which ends on
December 31st 2023.
 
As year one (15 months) has
additional grant funding through GMCA under UKSPF, we will need to
provide additional returns to meet grant funding
agreements.
 
The source of funding
is:
City Council revenue budget (Childrens and Skills and Work –
Place) and UKSPF funding (NEET support element): Contract Total of
£1,747,000.
 
Legal Advice obtained: Yes – supplied by The
Shared Legal Service (Tony Hatton).
 
Financial Advice
obtained: Yes –
supplied by Luba Velychko Accountant, Place
Directorate.
 
Procurement Advice obtained:
Yes – supplied by The Corporate Procurement Team.
 
HR Advice obtained: Not
Applicable.
 
Climate Change Implications
obtained: Yes – supplied in consultation with Mike Hemingway,
Environment Policy Team, Tel. 0161 793 3209.
 
The following documents have
been used to assist the decision process:
·     
Approval to go out to competition for a
Targeted Support
Service to help Salford young people engage in appropriate and
compliant education, employment and training provision –
Report to Procurement Board on 14th June
2023.

Contact Officers:
Sarah Scanlan – Head of
Raising Participation (Skills and Work)
Telephone number: 0161 778
0461/07508057595
Alison Burnett – Head of
Skills and Work. Telephone number: 0161 793 2535
 
This matter is also subject to
consideration by the Lead Member for Skills & Work,
Business and Workforce and the
Lead Member for Children and Young People’s
Services.
 
The Lead Members have been
consulted and are supportive of the proposed contract.
 
The appropriate Scrutiny
Committee to call-in the decision is Childrens.
 
 

Signed:          
Dated: 13th September 2023
           
City Mayor
 

FOR DEMOCRATIC SERVICES USE
ONLY
 
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This decision was published on 13th September
2023
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This decision will come in force at 4.00 p.m 20th September 2023 unless it is
called-in in accordance with the Decision-Making Process
Rules.