It is said that one of the managers involved in the SEND contract at bent The Labour Party #Sandwell Council has been off sick at the taxpayers' expense since last July! Any info on this? Sandwell SEND Scandal Cllr Jay Anandou Rhi Storer Councillor Kerrie Carmichael Cllr Will Gill - Great Bridge & Tipton LGANews @psenews

'Wasim Ali Briefing Note - SEND Contract' whatdotheyknow.com/request/wasim_… via @whatdotheyknow Sandwell SEND Scandal Darryl Magher 🔱 Joanne Hadley Cllr Scott Chapman

The government is 'minded to appoint' commissioners to #Sandwell Council. They would take over all powers related to scrutiny and governance and appointment of officers. The authority has been asked to respond by Feb 11th. questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statem…

Shocking to say the least, when Cllrs were made to belv an independent review on SEND is on going & results will be published BUT ext auditor has just revealed that no independent review will,This is unreal and unacceptable,where is the transparency ?my letter to chair of audit👇

At the Full Council, on 26 July 2021, the Labour councillors approved an amended motion which recognised the Leader had already instructed an external review into the procurement of the £22m SEND contract.

What is happening with the SEND procurement contracts ? we have less than 60 school days before the current contracts expire! where is the new model ? has the tender started ? today I have urged the council and the scrutiny bosses to clarify & answer some very important questions

🚨Sandwell Council awards transport firm top marks despite incomplete bid & not meeting mandatory requirements. However, small companies continue to have bids rejected for wacky reasons. Officers seek revenge against existing operators for whistleblowing! #SandwellSENDScandal

Procurement of £22m #SandwellSENDScandal transport contract excluded small biz & reduced competition. Record lowest no. of bidders. Not in spirit of Public Contract Regs 2015.
😱 **No evidence - minutes of meetings or paper trail on who signed-off this decision & strategy!**

New calls for a 'forensic analysis' of all SEND transport bids incl. independent moderation. Objective assessment needed about how financial requirements (x2 turnover) were evidenced. Now ex-procurement manager claiming she wasn't involved in bid assessment! #SandwellSENDScandal

Any news about SEND contract ? #sandwell

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The last ‘strong’ leader was Darren Cooper. If Sandwell had a ‘strong’ leader now, Azeem would have his contracts and Walker Grange would be closing. Careful what you wish for Cllr David Fisher.

August 2020 Transport for West Midlands concluded Sandwell's actual expenditure on SEND transport had increased by a whopping 104% compared with 54% average for the West Midlands as a whole. 📈 #SandwellSENDScandal

Cllr Ali and the 'specialist' briefings on SEN transport. 🧐 Cllr Jay Anandou Darryl Magher 🔱

Sandwell have more transport staff managing SEND transport than any other LA in West Mids. They have 1 Full Time Equiv. staff for every 117 pupils compared to average for West Midlands of 1 FTE to 163 pupils. Why?Jules Saunders Cllr Jay Anandou Darryl Magher 🔱 #SandwellSENDScandal

So what leader needs to answer questions to the public on Send contract and many other problems in Sandwell and act like a leader instead of hiding away .Councillor Kerrie Carmichael

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