Decision details

The Corporate Director Communities submitted a report outlining the government funded Weight Management Programmes for adults and children in Wyre including the Play and Skills at Teatime activities for children (PASTA) and to seek approval for the work to be coordinated by the council, outlining the approach we are adopting.

Decision

The Leisure, Heal tha sn Community Engagement Portfolio Holder agreed that the Wyre Weight Management and PASTA Programmes from 2021/22 onwards be coordinated by the council and that we enter into Service Level Agreements with third party organisations to deliver the programmes for Wyre.

The Resources Portfolio Holder gave approval to proceed with the engagement of Weight Management service providers under the exemption to Contract Procedures contained within the Financial Regulations and Financial Procedure Rules on the grounds that exceptions may apply where: “The goods, works or services are of a specialised nature carried out by only one or a limited number of firms with no reasonably satisfactory alternatives available.”