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DECISION
 

1.    
Consider the contract summary at Appendix 1 and identify
those contracts about which specific reports – relating to
contract award – should be brought before Cabinet prior to
contract award by the appropriate Corporate Director for the
service area.
 

2.    
Authorise the appropriate Corporate Director in consultation
with the Mayor to award those contracts set out in Appendix 1 and
not identified in accordance with recommendation 1, following an
appropriate procurement exercise.
 

3.    
Authorise the Director Legal Services (Monitoring Officer),
to execute all necessary contract documents in respect of the
awards of contract referred to at recommendation 2, subject to an
appropriate award decision being achieved in accordance with
recommendations 1 and 2 above.

Reasons for the decision

The
Council’s Procurement Procedures require submission of a
quarterly forward plan of contracts for Cabinet consideration, and
it is a requirement of the Constitution that “The contracting
strategy and/or award of any contract for goods or services with an
estimated value exceeding £1m, and any contract for capital
works with an estimated value exceeding £5m shall be approved
by the Cabinet in accordance with the Procurement Procedures as
amended by the General Purposes Committee held on 05 October 2021.
This report fulfils these requirements for contracts to be let
during and after quarter one of the current financial
Year. 

Alternative options considered

Bringing a
consolidated report on contracting activity is considered the most
efficient way of meeting the requirement in the Constitution,
whilst providing full visibility of contracting activity; therefore
no alternative proposals are being made.