Issue - meetings

Report of the Strategic Director of Place

Presented by the Community Services Portfolio Holder

Councillor R Blunt presented the report to members, highlighting the work of the Grounds Maintenance team and the increased demand from Housing Services in the past few years for fencing work, which had resulted in a requirement to undertake a formal tender process in line with EU Procurement Regulations.  He advised that officers from the Grounds Maintenance and Housing services teams had considered the most cost effective way of procuring the fencing works, and had concluded that the best option would for Grounds Maintenance to continue procuring a fencing contractor with a view to then managing and co-ordinating the works required, based on the advantages and disadvantages highlighted within the report.  Consequently, he asked Cabinet to support the commencement of an OJEU compliant procurement process to secure a fencing contractor for the Grounds Maintenance service, and that authority to award the contract be delegated to the Strategic Director of Place in consultation with the Community Services Portfolio Holder.

It was moved by Councillor R Blunt, seconded by Councillor R D Bayliss and

RESOLVED THAT:

a) The commencement of a procurement process in order to secure a fencing contractor for the grounds maintenance service be approved.

b) Authority to award the fencing contract be delegated to the Strategic Director of Place in consultation with the Community Services Portfolio Holder.

Reason for decision: The level of expenditure exceeds the threshold in the Scheme of Delegation.