With the arrival of a new CEO and the impact
of the pandemic there is a need to support the development of our
leadership team in Dacorum. It provides an opportunity to re-set
the way the team works together and engages across the
Council.
This programme will develop the leadership capability of
Dacorum’s senior teams (Chief Officer Group (COG), Senior
Leadership Team (SLT) which includes the Assistant Directors and
the Corporate Leadership Team (CLT which includes the Group
Managers. They will be able to engage their teams, facilitate their
growth and development and they will have access to a sustainable
tool kit of intervention.
The company the Council wishes to use are Vital Minds Business
Training. The new CEO has direct experience of working with this
company in another Local Authority and they have a proven track
record over the last fourteen years of successful training,
coaching and mediation across the globe within the corporate,
public and third sector.
This type of programme is an important way to provide leadership
development and it would be difficult to award this through a
normal tendering process during the pandemic as we would not be
able to meet alternative providers face to face due lockdown
restrictions. The fact that this company is already known and has
provided value for money for another Council makes it appropriate
for this to be a direct award contract.
The Council are awarding this contract as a direct award from the
Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation Framework Agreement 940 Managing
Consultancy and Professional Services. Consultancy+ are the only
provider on this framework agreement and have access to over 10,000
consultancy partners delivering specialist advice and support to
the public sector.
The Council will have no direct commercial relations with Vital
Minds Business Training, this contract will be between the Council
and Consultancy+.
Decision type: Non-key
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Notice of proposed decision first published: 03/02/2021
Decision due: 3 Feb 2021 by Chief Executive
Contact: Linda Roberts, Assistant Director - Performance, People and Innovation Email: linda.roberts@dacorum.gov.uk Email: linda.roberts@dacorum.gov.uk.