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Exempt report of the Leader of the Council detailing the future of Strategic Services Partnership.

The confidential report of the Leader of the Council was submitted detailing the future of the Strategic Services Partnership.

RESOLVED that:

(i)  the Council terminates the Strategic Services Partnership contract with Capita by exercising its right under clause 51 of the contract dated 20 August 2007 to terminate for convenience;

(ii)  the Chief Executive is given delegated authority, after consultation with the Leader of the Council, to make the necessary arrangements for service of the termination notice on Capita;

(iii)  the services covered by the Strategic Services Partnership are brought back in-house by the end of the notice period so that they are then fully subject to Cabinet decision-making and under direct management control of senior council officers;

(iv)  the Chief Executive is given delegated authority, after consultation with the Leader of the Council, to undertake and conclude all negotiations with Capita that are necessary to give effect to the resolution to terminate the contract;

(v)  the Service Director for Digital and Business Operations establishes consultative arrangements including Members and trade unions to support the successful implementation of the project to transfer services back to the council;

(vi)  the amendments to the Council General Fund Revenue Budgets detailed in the financial implications in Appendix 2 are approved; and

(vii)  the Service Director for Finance and Commercialisation is given delegated authority, after consultation with the Cabinet Member for Finance and the Service Director Legal and Governance, to implement any changes to budgets and take all consequential actions required to implement the decision and subsequent negotiations.