Decision details

Progress through Partnerships (PtP) is the south east regional improvement programme for local strategic partnerships. Its aim is to support local strategic partnerships to be more effective, efficient and to maximise partnership working to deliver the recently signed Local Area Agreements. Medway Council as accountable body is seeking to let a contract for two years from April 2009 for a host agency to manage and deliver the PtP programme.

Relevant Overview and Scrutiny Committee: Business Support Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

37/2009 The Cabinet approved the award of the contract for host agency for the Progress through Partnerships programme to South East Employers / Shared Intelligence for £1m.

The successful tender gives a comprehensive approach to meeting the support and development needs of Local Strategic Partnerships across the south-east region. In doing so it supports the achievement of the improvement and efficiency objectives of Improvement and Efficiency South East.