Minutes:
The Board considered a report of the Strategic Director – People, which
requested approval for Halton Borough Council to lead the procurement of
services to encourage, enable and assist young people to participate in
education and training.
It was reported that local authorities had a duty to make available to
all young people aged 13-19 and to those between 20 and 25 with an Education,
Health and Care Plan; support that would encourage, enable and assist them to
participate in education or training.
Since April 2014 the 14-19 Team within Halton
had implemented the Halton Participation Strategy to meet these duties, as
required under Section 68 of the Education and Skills Act 2008.
The report outlined Halton’s previous collaborations with Knowsley,
Liverpool and Wirral Authorities, to commission a service to provide
information, advice and guidance to young people where Halton took the
lead.
Knowsley and Wirral Local Authorities had once again requested Halton to
act as lead for the upcoming procurement process. In order to make this procurement process as
efficient as possible for the authorities involved, approval was
sought for Halton to lead the procurement process for a joint service
across Halton, Knowsley and Wirral Local Authorities, beginning April 2022.
Details on the procurement process, the expected contract values and
benefits of the proposal were provided.
RESOLVED: That the Board
1)
notes
the report; and
2)
approves Halton
Borough Council acting as lead in a joint procurement process with Knowsley and
Wirral Local Authorities.