Agenda and minutes
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APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE To receive any apologies for absence. Additional documents: Minutes: There were no apologies for absence.
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DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST A member with a disclosable pecuniary interest or a prejudicial interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at which the matter is considered:
(i) must disclose the interest at the start of the meeting or when the interest becomes apparent, and (ii) may not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must withdraw from the meeting room.
A member who discloses at a meeting a disclosable pecuniary interest which is not registered in the Register of Members’ Interests or the subject of a pending notification must notify the Monitoring Officer of the interest within 28 days of the disclosure.
Disclosable pecuniary interests, personal interests and prejudicial interests are defined at Paragraphs 5-7 and Appendix A of the Members’ Code of Conduct Additional documents: Minutes: There were no declarations of interest. |
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Additional documents: Minutes: The Cabinet Member considered a report which sought approval for a novation of contract for accommodation and services from London Hotel Group to London Walthamstow for 63 units of accommodation for up to six months, from 1 April 2021 to 30 September 2021as allowed under Contract Standing Order 10.03.
RESOLVED
Reasons for decision
A Member decision was granted on 19Th March 2021 to extend the contact with London Hotel Group Ltd t/a Ibis Styles Hotel for the above provision for a period of 6 months from 1 April 2021 to 30 September 2021. However, the Provider had since restructured their business. A novation is now required to ensure the Council is contracting with the appropriate business entity and to transfer the contract obligations to the new business entity London Walthamstow Ltd.
As part of the response to the Covid-19 global pandemic, Haringey Council is committed to providing temporary accommodation and subsistence to single homeless adults who are rough sleeping or at imminent risk of rough sleeping. This commitment acknowledges the particular vulnerabilities and inequalities they face and will ensure they are able to adhere to government guidelines around self-isolation, where they would not ordinarily have the accommodation or financial means to do so.
The Covid-19 Emergency Accommodation Board have been governing this work, which has already rapidly mobilised a range of accommodation and subsistence options for vulnerable homeless people. This report outlines a procurement decision which has the pre-approval of that Board.
Alternative options considered
Conduct a full RFQ process
The need for additional temporary accommodation and subsistence is urgent and unprecedented. It was deemed unfeasible to conduct a lengthy procurement process when the need was urgent and immediate, and it is now understood after four months of hotel acquisition arrangements that this hotel is unique in its location and offer therefore a procurement process wouldn’t be a valuable use of time.
Do nothing The Council could elect not to use its discretionary powers to source accommodation for vulnerable homeless people during the Covid-19 situation. However, to do so would be to ignore its commitments to adult safeguarding, public health and rough sleeping as well as wider responsibilities to public safety.
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