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The Cabinet considered a report
of the Executive Director (Environment and Place) on the award of a
contract for Toilet Cleaning and Light Maintenance
Services.
 
During consideration of the
matter, the Cabinet resolved to exclude the press and public from
the meeting (confidential session) to enable questions and comments
to be made on the commercial aspects of the matter.
 
Resolved:
 
That the award of the contract
to South Essex Property Services Limited for the provision of the
‘Toilet Cleaning and Light Maintenance Services’ for
public toilets and portaloos and
toilets within Parks and some other named locations in
Southend-on-Sea City from April 2025 to April 2030, with an option
to extend the contract for up to a further 5 years, be
approved.
 
Reasons for
decision:
 
To make a direct award to South
Essex Property Services Limited using Regulation 12 of the Public
Contracts Regulations 2015 for the provision of Toilet Cleaning and
Light Maintenance Services, providing best value for
money.
 
Other options:
 
To continue to provide the
provision of Toilet Cleaning and Light Maintenance Services under
the Waste Collection and Street Cleansing Services.  However, better value for money can be obtained by
awarding the contract for toilet services to South Essex Property
Services Limited and removing the services from the Waste
Collection and Street Cleansing Contract tender process.
 
Note: This is an Executive
Function
Eligible for call-in to: Place
Scrutiny Committee
Cabinet Member: Cllr
Davidson