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Salford City Council – Record of
Decision
 
I Councillor Youd, Lead Member
for Finance and Support Services and chairman of the Procurement
Board, accept the recommendation of the Procurement Board and in
exercise of the powers contained within the Council Constitution do
hereby approve:
 

award of a
contract forImpower Consulting to
support Adult Social Care Transformation, as
detailed in the table below

 

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Title/Description of Contracted
Service/Supply/Project

External consultancy support for Adult
Social Care Transformation

Procurement Reference numbers (DN
and CR number supplied by Procurement)

N/A

Name of Successful
Contractor

Impower Consultancy

Supplier Registration
Number
(to be supplied by
Procurement

03876501

Proclass Classification
No.
(to be completed by
procurement)

261200

Type of
organisation
(to be supplied by
Procurement)

  Private
Limited Company

Status of
Organisation
(to be supplied by
Procurement)

 
SME

Contract Value
(£)

£595,689.38

Total contract value £
(including extensions)

£595,689.38

Contract
Duration

9 months

Contract Start
Date

  December 2024

Contract End
Date

August 2025

Optional Extension Period
1

0 months

Optional Extension Period
2

0 months

Who will approve each Extension
Period?

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Contact Officer (Name &
number)

Becky Wilkinson

Lead Service
Group

  Adult,
Social Care & Health Partnerships

How the contract was
procured?
(to be supplied by
procurement)

  Direct
Award/ Call off

Framework Details (where
applicable)
(procurement body, framework
reference & title, start/ end date

ESPO Framework
664_21
Consultancy Services Lot
4b

Funding
Source

  Revenue
Budget

Ethical Contractor (EC):
Mayor’s Employment Charter

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item.
 

EC: Committed to sign The
Mayor’s Employment Charter
 

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EC: Committed to the principles
outlined in the Mayor’s Employment
charter

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EC: Accredited Living Wage
Employer

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EC: Committed to becoming
Accredited Living wage Employer

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The Reasons are:
To support the programme of
work for Adult Social Care transformation.
 
Options considered and rejected
were: None.
 
Assessment of Risk: Low.
 
The source of funding
is:
Given the one-off nature of the
expenditure this will require an in-year increase in the
Adults Social Care and Health Partnerships budget funded
from reserves following Council agreement through the
quarterly budget monitoring report.
Contact Officer: Samuel
Russell, Head of Finance for People Services.
 
Legal Advice obtained:
When
commissioning contracts for the procurement of goods, services or
the execution of works, the Council must comply with statutory
procurement requirements such as the Public Contracts Regulations
2015 (if applicable), the Procurement Act 2023 and its own
Contractual Standing Orders (CSO’s) failing which the
decision may be subject to legal challenge from an aggrieved
provider. Salford's CSO’s stipulate that where a suitable
framework exist this must be used unless it is in the best
interests of Salford Council not to do so. The contract in this
case was an over threshold contract subject to the Public Contracts
Regulations 2015 and has been called off and let under an ESPO
consultancy services framework which allowed for direct award. ESPO
call off contract terms are robust and provide sufficient rights,
protections and remedies for a customer.
 
The award
of the contract mentioned in this report has delivered value for
money and positive outcomes for both the Council and Salford
residents (as detailed in the report). Unfortunately, there was a
procedural issue in relation to the contract award. In accordance
with the Council’s procurement arrangements, the proposed
award should have come to Procurement Board for approval, but it
did not. To mitigate this oversight and any associated legal risk,
the attention of the Board is now brought, via this report, to the
contract award, so that the Board might note and endorse
it.
 
Financial Advice
obtained:
The commissioning contract
outlines delivery of demonstrable value for money, ensuring that
public funds have been used efficiently to achieve positive
outcomes for both the Council and residents. This needs to be
tracked closely with Financial Management to ensure benefits
materialise within the monitoring position and medium-term
financial plan. It is important to highlight that the
programme is being funded through one-off resources, it is
essential that the intended outcomes are fully realised within the
funding period to ensure maximum impact and value.
Contact Officer: Samuel
Russell, Head of Finance for People Services
 
Procurement Advice
obtained:
Having
reviewed the content of this report with a particular focus on the
legal implications, Procurement are in agreement that this should
have originally come to Procurement Board (and prior to that,
Procurement colleagues for review) Therefore, although not ideal,
respective Procurement Board approval is requested. It is
understood that the work carried out by IMPOWER delivered both
value for money and positive outcomes.
 
HR Advice obtained:
N/A.
 
Climate Change Implications
obtained: N/A.
 
The following documents have
been used to assist the decision process.
·    
Report to Procurement Board.
 
Contact Officer: Elaina Quesada
Telephone number:
0161 686 6235
 
·    
This matter is not subject to consideration by
another Lead Member.
·    
The appropriate Scrutiny Committee to call-in the
decision is the Health and Adults Scrutiny Panel.
 
 

Signed:    Cllr J
Youd         Dated:   10 November
2025.
         
   Lead Member
 

FOR DEMOCRATIC SERVICES USE
ONLY:
 
*         This
decision was published on 11
November 2025
*         This
decision will come in force at 4.00 p.m. on 18 November
2025 unless it is called-in in
accordance with the Decision Making Process Rules.