AGREED; that
1. the proposed model for the provision of direct payments support services for service users as set out in the report be approved;
2. the proposed procurement process as set out in the report be approved; and
3. Authority be delegated to the Director of Social Services in consultation with Cabinet Members for Corporate Services & Performance; Early Years Children and Families and Health, Housing & Wellbeing; the Section 151 Officer and Monitoring Officer, to determine all aspects of the procurement process up to and including the award of contracts and all ancillary matters pertaining to the procurement.