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Salford City Council – Record of
Decision
 
I Councillor Youd, Lead Member
for Finance and Support Services and chairman of the Procurement
Board, accept the recommendation of the Procurement Board and in
exercise of the powers contained within the Council Constitution do
hereby approve:
 
·    
to Award the Contract for delivery of landscape
improvement works at Mariner’s Canal, as detailed in the
table below:
 

Detail
required

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Title/Description of Contracted
Service/Supply/Project

Delivery of landscape improvement works,
Mariner’s Canal Pilot Project

Procurement Reference
numbers (DN and CR number supplied by
Procurement)

S1232-120 / DN789115

Name of Successful
Contractor

Horticon Ltd

Supplier Registration
Number

(to be supplied by
Procurement

2463373

Proclass Classification
No.

(to be completed by
procurement)

391300

Type of
organisation

(to be supplied by
Procurement)

Private Limited
Company

Status of
Organisation

(to be supplied by
Procurement)

SME

Contract Value
(£)

£     205,768.22

Total contract value
£ (including extensions)

£         
total project value

Contract
Duration

12 weeks

Contract Start
Date

02/02/2026

Contract End
Date

24/04/2026

Optional Extension
Period 1

N/A

Optional Extension
Period 2

N/A

Who will approve each
Extension Period?

Procurement Board
(extension > £150k)

Contact Officer
(Name & number)

Danielle Sammy

Lead Service
Group

Place

How the contract was
procured?

(to be supplied by
procurement)

RFQ

Framework Details
(where applicable)

(procurement body,
framework reference & title, start/ end
date

Technical and Highways
works Framework - Lot 6 - Landscape and Associated External
Works 

Funding
Source

Capital
Programme

Ethical Contractor
(EC): Mayor’s Employment Charter

No

 

EC: Committed to sign
The Mayor’s Employment Charter

No

 

 

EC: Committed to the
principles outlined in the Mayor’s Employment
charter

No

 

EC: Accredited Living
Wage Employer

Yes

 

EC: Committed to
becoming Accredited Living wage Employer

N/A

?

 
 
The Reasons are:
Tenders were invited by
mini-competition on the Lot 6 Landscape and Associated External
Works Technical and Highways Works Framework and complaint
submissions evaluated to determine the most economically
advantageous tender under the criteria of price, quality and social
value. The successful contractor demonstrated the ability to
deliver the project through their submission.
 
Options considered and rejected
were:
Not to award the
contract.
 
Assessment of Risk:
Low
Procurement process – The contractor has been procured
through the Landscape Framework via a mini competition. The tender
process has been led by the Council’s procurement team to
ensure compliance with the Council’s contractual standing
orders.
 
Delivery – The contractors on the Technical and Highway
Framework have a successful track record of delivering schemes on
behalf of the Council and have been required to give examples of
similar experience as part of the quality evaluation.
 
Medium
Procurement of preferred contractor – Any delays in
approving the appointment of the preferred contractor would result
in an extension to the delivery programme with an associated risk
of the construction programme and associated expenditure extending
beyond the 2025/2026 financial year.
 
The source of funding
is:
Funds have been identified in
the Capital Programme to deliver the project, approved by the
Council in February 2025 with this project included in the
Strategic Regeneration budget line.
 
Legal Advice
obtained:
The Shared Legal Service
24.10.25
 
Financial Advice
obtained:
Anthony Rigby Senior Accountant
29.10.25
 
Procurement Advice
obtained:
Heather Stanton, Category
Manager 04.11.2025
 
HR Advice obtained:
N/A
 
Climate Change Implications
obtained:
Michael Hemingway, Environment
Policy 03.11.2025
 
The following documents have
been used to assist the decision process:
·    
Report to Procurement Board dated
8th December 2025 titled Approval to Award the
Contract for delivery of landscape improvement works at
Mariner’s Canal

Contact Officer: Danielle
Sammy
Telephone number: 0161 603
8355
 
·    
This matter is also subject to consider by the Lead
Member for Finance, Support Services and Regeneration. The Lead
Member has been consulted and is supportive of the proposed
contract.
 
·    
This matter is not subject to consideration by
another Lead Member.
 
·    
The appropriate Scrutiny Committee to call-in the
decision is the Growth and Prosperity Scrutiny Panel
 
 

Signed:     Cllr J
Youd        Dated:    8 December
2025.
         
     Lead
Member
 

FOR DEMOCRATIC SERVICES USE
ONLY:
 
*         This
decision was published on 9 December 2025
*         This
decision will come in force at 4.00 p.m. on 16 December 2025 unless
it is called-in in accordance with the Decision Making Process
Rules.