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The Committee resolved:-

(i)         to request that officers ensure that responses provided in the business cases addressed the entirety of the Gateway questions in future reports;

(ii)        in relation to business case OPS078 (Play Team Development), to request that officers provide a service update to Members on progress at the halfway point in the contract;

(iii)       also in relation to business case OPS078, to request that officers discuss a co-production and co-design approach with the provider in relation to community benefits;

(iv)       in relation to business case CUS021, to request that officers provide a service update on work undertaken to broaden the scope of the project to include other areas, and to request that this include evidence of wider outcomes being achieved, for example, the effect on anti-social behaviour and the impact of the project on the wider community;

(v)        to note the workplans of the Operations and Customer functions as detailed in the appendices;

(vi)       to approve each of the individual procurement business cases, including the estimated revenue expenditure for each proposed contract; and to approve the direct awards of contract where there were special circumstances outlined in the each of the respect procurement business cases which justified not issuing a tender or calling off a framework agreement:-

            OPS077

            OPS078

            OPS079

            OPS080

            OPS081

            OPS082

            CUS017

            CUS018

            CUS019

            CUS020; and

            CUS021; and

(vii)      to note that business cases for procurement exercises to be commenced after the 2 April 2020 Committee would be submitted on a phased basis to future meetings of the Strategic Commissioning Committee.

With reference to article 11 of the minute of the previous meeting, the Committee had before it a report by the Chief Operating Officer which (1) presented procurement workplans where revenue expenditure was included for the Operations and Customer functions to Committee for review; (2) sought approval of each of the procurement business cases listed below, including the total estimated revenue expenditure for each proposed contract, as contained at item 10.1 of the agenda; and (3) presented a summary of 3.10 memos approved since the last meeting.

The list of procurement business cases was as follows:-

The report recommended:-

that Committee –

(a)       note the workplans of the Operations and Customer functions as detailed in the appendices;

(b)       approve each of the individual procurement business cases, including the estimated revenue expenditure for each proposed contract; and to approve the direct awards of contract where there were special circumstances outlined in the each of the respect procurement business cases which justified not issuing a tender or calling off a framework agreement:-

            OPS077

            OPS078

            OPS079

            OPS080

            OPS081

            OPS082

            CUS017

            CUS018

            CUS019

            CUS020; and

            CUS021; and

(c)        note that business cases for procurement exercises to be commenced after the 2 April 2020 Committee would be submitted on a phased basis to future meetings of the Strategic Commissioning Committee.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)         to request that officers ensure that responses provided in the business cases addressed the entirety of the Gateway questions in future reports;

(ii)        in relation to business case OPS078 (Play Team Development), to request that officers provide a service update to Members on progress at the halfway point in the contract;

(iii)       also in relation to business case OPS078, to request that officers discuss a co-production and co-design approach with the provider in relation to community benefits;

(iv)       in relation to business case CUS021 (Big Noise Torry), to request that officers provide a service update on work undertaken to broaden the scope of the project to include other areas, and to request that this include evidence of wider outcomes being achieved, for example, the effect on anti-social behaviour and the impact of the project on the wider community; and

(v)        to otherwise approve the recommendations.