Issue details

Authority to spot-purchase externally commissioned placement services for looked after children until the mobilization of the new Dynamic Purchasing System – KEY/24DEC18/06

Authority to spot-purchase externally commissioned placement services for looked after children, pending the launch of the Dynamic Purchasing System [DPS] for external placements in April 2019.

Decision type: Key

Reason Key: Expenditure or savings greater than £500,000;

Decision status: Abandoned

Wards affected: (All Wards);

Notice of proposed decision first published: 23/11/2018

Decision due: October 2019 by Cabinet Member for Children’s Services, Education, Skills and the University

Lead member: Councillor Lynne Ayres lynne.ayres@peterborough.gov.uk

Lead director: Wendi Ogle-Welbourn

Department: People Services

Contact: Helene Carr, Head of Commissioning Social Care Helene Carr, Head of Children's Social Care Commissioning - Peterborough & Cambridgeshire, 07904 909039, Email: helene.carr@peterborough.gov.uk Email: helene.carr@peterborough.gov.uk Tel: 01733 863901.

Consultation process

Relevant internal and external stakeholders

Relevant Scrutiny Committee: Children and Education Scrutiny Committee