Decision details
Recommendations for the future delivery of Contract Services
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
Essential options and recommendations for the
future delivery of Contract Services are proposed, which are
intended to improve the efficiency of the Service and to improve
its financial position.
Decision:
The Pre-Decision Scrutiny Questions and officer responses were noted.
DECISION
1. To support the investment requirements associated with Recommendation 1 (Invest and introduce new commercial strategies, similar to Birmingham’s City Council’s “City Serve”, to Contract Services Primary School’s school meals catering contracts (Proposed investment over 3 years to still be costed) which is intended to improve customer relationships with schools and to retain sufficient numbers of them buying school catering services in order to maximise economies of scale.
2. To accept all the recommendations set out in the report in order to ensure that Contract Services achieves a balanced budget position in future.
3. To note the content of the full Equalities Impact Assessment on the Contract Services.
Action by:
CORPORATE DIRECTOR, CHILDREN AND CULTURE (D. JONES)
(Divisional Director, Youth and Commissioning (R. Martins-Taylor)
Report author: Ronke Martins-Taylor
Publication date: 01/03/2019
Date of decision: 27/02/2019
Decided at meeting: 27/02/2019 - Cabinet
Effective from: 09/03/2019
Accompanying Documents:
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