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The Chief Officer, Highways and
Transportation:

a) approved the open tender procurement and evaluation of
subsequent submissions for the UTMC Support for SPRUCE Developing
Bus Priority Strategies Contract (the ‘Contract’). The
Contract is expected to commence on 1st July 2024 to 30th June 2025
with the option to extend the contract for a further 12 months to
30th June 2026 using the evaluation criteria set out in the tender
documentation.

b) approved a waiver of Contracts Procedure Rule (CPR) 15.2(c) to
allow for the combined Price/Quality split to be evaluated on 70%
Quality and 30% Price.

c) Noted the estimated contract value is £45,000 per annum
(total estimated value £90,000).