That:

a)    a contract for the health visiting service for a period of 12 months from 1 April 2016 to 31 March  2017 be directly awarded to the current provider, Wye Valley NHS Trust (WVT), at a value of £2,341,361 per annum;

b)    a contract for the school nursing service for a period of 12 months from 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017 be directly awarded to the current  provider, Wye Valley NHS Trust, with the council as an associate commissioner to the Herefordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) contract as per existing arrangements, at a value of £513k per annum; and

c)    by virtue of this decision report an exemption to paragraph 4.6.13.2 of the council’s contract procedure rules be approved.