The Strategic Director for People will submit a report containing confidential details relating to the Children’s Centre Contract Award.   (Agenda item 18 refers).

Further to minute 125 above, Carole Burgoyne (Strategic Director for People) submitted a report containing commercially sensitive details relating to the Children’s Centre Contract Award.

Councillor Williams, Cabinet Member for Children and Young People presented the report.

Alternative options considered and reasons for the decision -

As set out in the report.

Agreed that the following contracts are awarded for a three year period, to commence on 1 July 2014 and to end on 30 June 2017, with the option to extend for a further three years, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Children and Young People, to ensure the new service model has time to fully develop –