Decision details

The Pure Innovations contract was procured in March 2017 to deliver travel training to children and young people with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND) in Oldham. The contract was let for two years (to March 2019) with an option to extend for a further additional year. We would like to exercise this option and extend the contract for a further one year until March 2020.
We are close to completing a review of the Transport Policy which has been co-designed with parents, practitioners and partners. The revised policy will make recommendations about how we can develop our travel training offer, in order to promote independence amongst our children and young people. The recommendations outlined in the policy will have direct relevance to this contract. An extension of twelve months to the current contract with Pure Innovations will allow the implications of these recommendations to be worked through and implemented.

RESOLVED - That:
We will extend our current Pure Innovations contract from 1st April 2019 to 31st March 2020.

Option 1 -
to extend our current Pure Innovations contract from 1st April 2019 to 31st March 2020.
Option 2 -
Allow the contract to end on March 31st 2019
Option 3 -

Allow the contract to end on March 31st 2019

The proposed contract extension has been discussed at length during the Transport work-stream meetings. Parents, practitioners and partners who attend these meetings are in agreement that the 12 month extension would be the best option for Oldham to take.