Salford City Council - Record of Decision
I Cllr John Merry, the leader of the Council ,in exercise of the powers conferred on me
by Paragraph G(f) (iv) of the Scheme of Delegation of the Council do hereby , of the
Scheme of Delegation of the Council do hereby approve that:
Be
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Brain and Spinal Injury Centre
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Salford Foundation
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HBHG Development Trust Ltd
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The Broughton Trust

Community Health Action Partnership

Salford Hundred Venture

Creative Industry in Salford
awarded
contracts
to
deliver
Raising
Aspirations
in
Salford.
The Raising Aspirations contracts will run from 1st April 2008 to 31st March 2009 with the
option to extend the contract by a further 12 months if funding is available. The contracted
sum over the period is £613,000.
Since November 2007 Salford City Council has undertaken a rigorous commissioning
process to identify the most appropriate organisations to deliver Raising Aspirations in
Salford.
It was the decision of the Raising Aspirations Commissioning Panel that these contractors,
offered the most viable option in value in terms of output achievement, staffing levels,
price and innovation. The contractors also demonstrated the capacity to offer integrated
‘wrap around’ services and become key elements of Salford’s Skills and Work delivery
system.
Options considered and rejected were:
1. Non awarding of contract / non approval
This would result in non achievement of LAA targets, non achievement of LPSA2
target, negative impact on community development and cohesion, non-quantifiable
potential socio-economic implications in terms of local regeneration, job creation
and skills growth and also staff redundancies.
2. Awarding the contracts to other received tenders
The Evaluation Panel scored the remaining 20 tenders significantly lower than those
being recommended, due to a number of factors including lack of demonstrable
awareness of priority groups and wards, lack of innovation, limited added value to
the delivery system, poor value for money.
Funding
The source of funding is Deprived Areas Funds and Manchester Enterprises City Strategy
Funding totalling £613,000 for the contract period 1st March 2008 – 31st March 2009.
Assessment of Risk
There is substantial risk of non-attainment of key Salford Agreement priorities.
The following documents have been used to assist the decision process.
(if the documents disclose exempt or confidential information, they should not be listed,
but the following wording shall be inserted : "(The relevant documents contain exempt or
confidential information and are not available for public inspection)":The relevant documents contain exempt or confidential information and are not available
for public inspection
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This decision is not subject to consideration by another Lead Member
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The appropriate Scrutiny Committee to call-in the decision is the Strategy
and Regeneration Scrutiny Committee.
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Signed:
Dated:
Lead Member
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