22 Gateway 2 - Contract Award Approval: Independent Fostering Services
To approve the award of an independent fostering service framework for children in care.
Supporting documents:
Minutes:
RESOLVED:
1. That the award of an independent fostering service framework for children in care to the providers listed in Appendix 1 of the report for a period of four years commencing on 14 October 2013 in the estimated maximum sum of £23m be approved.
2. That the strategic director of children’s and adults’ services award contracts for individual placements on the council’s preferred terms through the framework.