Purpose

Approval of a Supplementary Procurement Plan
to be added to the Environment & Infrastructure Services
Directorate Annual Procurement Plan. The supplementary procurement
plan relates to procuring and appointing a consultant to undertake
a feasibility study on what would be required to make the sections
of the Formartine & Buchan Way between Maud and Peterhead and
Maud and Fraserburgh part of the National Cycle Network
(NCN).

This will be funded by the Sustrans network development fund.
Earlier this year, Sustrans advised the Council that they intended
to carry out the feasibility study in house. However, due to a
reduction in capacity within their staffing resource, it was asked
if Aberdeenshire Council could now lead and manage the project
including procuring and appointing the preferred
consultant.