Decision details

Waiver of Contract Standing Order (CSO) 10.01.2 D and, in accordance with CSO 9.06.1 C, contract award to Wheely Tots for the ‘Delivery of Positive Activities for Young People’ project across Broadwater Farm and Northumberland Park as part of the socio-economic regeneration programme.

A contract was awarded to Wheely Tots on the 12th September 2019 to deliver the ‘Delivery of Positive Activities for Young People’ project.

A new contract is now required under waiver of CSOs for an additional £21,667 in order for the work to continue uninterrupted for eight months while a procurement exercise is undertaken to seek a provider to complete the project for which the Council has a total budget of £130,000.

This unique and bespoke programme was designed for Broadwater Farm and Northumberland Park specifically to build on the priorities identified through data analysis and Community Voting Days and in line with resident priorities. The focus for this phase of the socio-economic programme is:
o Employment and Skills Support.
o Positive Activities for young people.

Wheely Tots has a strong track record in delivery in these areas and works with families to deliver social integration within a complex environment. They will work with young people utilising cycling as a tool to achieve the wider outcomes for the young people, the Council and the local community.

The Council could decide not to appoint the Wheely Tots, however, there are no other organisations who could provide these services immediately, and the Wheely Tots provided a compelling proposal and have a strong track record and experience of working with residents in these specific areas.

This work cannot be delivered using existing officer resource.

The Council could decide not to proceed with the project of the Positive Activity for young people, the Your Bike Project would be withdrawn from the programme of projects at BWF and NP, however this would cause a gap in services for young people and would not deliver against one of the two key, agreed priorities for the socio-economic programme.