Forthcoming Executive Decisions

To consider future options for the provision of food waste transfer services for the delivery of food waste from districts to the central treatment facility, and to seek approval to put in place the preferred option for the award of a contract for these services to commence 1st October 2021.

To publish a Statutory Notice to expand Heart of the Forest Community Special School and to change its designation in order to provide 10 Primary places at the school for children with Social Emotional and Mental Heath (SEMH) needs.

To seek approval to publish a statutory notice of the intention to bring the two Pupil Referral Units (The Cheltenham and Tewkesbury Alternative Provision School and The Stroud and Cotswold Alternative Provision School) together under a single management committee

To provide the Cabinet Member with:
• An overview of the Performance and Standards of Children in Care 2020
• An analysis of attendance and exclusions
• An overview of the work of the Virtual School
• The development priorities for the Virtual School for 2020-21

To propose the commissioned activities in the Summer and at Christmas of the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme

To seek approval to procure up to 12 new Fire Engines Appliances for Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue over the next 3 year period commencing July 2021

In March 2021 the Cabinet approved an extension, until April 2022, of the Council’s contract with Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHCNHSFT) for the provision of Mental Health Supported Accommodation Services. This was to allow time for the recommissioning of such services to take place due to the operational difficulties caused by Covid-19.
The purpose of this report is to seek Cabinet approval for the revised deadlines set out in within this report for the recommissioning of the Supported accommodation services project in respect of individuals requiring mental health supported accommodation.
The paper also seeks approval to split the current staffing funding within the current contract for the provision of Mental Health Accommodation Based Supported Services with GHCNHSFT into (a) funding provided to GHCNHSFT for a Placement Review Team; and (b) funding provided to Gloucestershire County Council’s (GCC) Adult Social Care Joint Commissioning Team to provide new joint commissioning resources.
These changes were originally approved by the Cabinet in July 2020 but this approval has lapsed due to the operational pressures of Covid 19.

To make recommendation that the existing primary and special school meals county contract is retendered. This is now to include the catering provision at Shire Hall.
To get delegated authority to go out to tender and award the school meals another catering county contract framework to winning contractor.

To seek approval to spend the Rural Mobility Fund total (£1,350,000), received from the Department for Transport, as per the RMF Expression of Interest and as per the Phase 2 application for two pilot demand responsive bus services.

To seek Cabinet approval to:
a) Enter into the funding agreement with the Education and Skills
Funding Agency (ESFA) for the purpose of funding the delivery of
Community Learning and Adult Skills Programmes during the 2021 - 2022 academic year; and
b) To continue to award call-off contracts of varying lengths up to a
maximum of 12 months (dependent on the type of course or piece of work, for the 2021 - 2022 academic year) for the provision of adult learning services under a framework agreement approved by Cabinet in April 2018 (which is valid for a final year).

To seek Cabinet approval for:
a) the direct award of up to 12 months with the option for a three month extension for an interim contract to the existing service supplier, Geometric Results Internationals Limited, (GRI), commencing 1 September 2021 for the supply of temporary staff, and;

b) to conduct a compliant tender process for the award of a new five-year contract(s) (three-year initial term with an option to extend for a further two years) for the supply of temporary staff commencing 1 December 2022 at the latest. The contract will also include the provision for using agencies for recruitment of to hard to fill permanent roles, where appropriate, and:

c) to procure and award Call-Off Contracts under the Crown Commercial Services Non Clinical Temporary and Fixed Term Staff Framework (RM6160) for the supply of temporary legal agency locums Such Call-Off Contracts may be awarded at any time up to and including 25 July 2023.

To seek Cabinet’s approval for Gloucestershire’s Childcare Sufficiency Assessment 2021.

To seek Cabinet Member approval for the Executive Director of Economy, Environment & Infrastructure to conduct a competitive tender process and to award a contract in respect of the A435 Bishops Cleeve to Cheltenham Capacity Improvements project.

To provide an update on the year-end forecast for the 2021/22 County Council’s Revenue and Capital Budgets

To provide an update on the year-end forecast for the 2021/22 County Council’s Revenue and Capital Budgets

To provide an update on the year-end forecast for the 2021/22 County Council’s Revenue and Capital Budgets

To provide an update on the year-end forecast for the 2021/22 County Council’s Revenue and Capital Budgets

To seek the approval of the ULEV (Ultra Low Emissions Vehicles) Strategy and the procurement and installation of Electric Vehicle Chargers which will be sited across the county.

The Joint Core Strategy (JCS) is part of the statutory development plan for Gloucestershire and heavily influences the quantum and future location of future growth in the JCS area. The purpose of this report is to confirm Gloucestershire County Council’s (GCC’s) participation in relation to the current review of the JCS, including the signing of a formal Partnership Agreement between GCC and the three local planning authorities.