Decision Maker: Cabinet

Outcome: Recommendations Approved

Is Key Decision?: Yes

Is Callable In?: Yes

Date of Decision: September 9, 2025

Purpose: Additional Procurement Forward Plan Report – over £500k (key decision, 2025-2026) and Modern Slavery Transparency Statement 2024-2025 (statutory duty under Modern Slavery Act).

Content: (a)    Cabinet agreed to begin each of the procurement procedures as set out in Appendix 1 (subject to an approved and available budget) to the report.   (b)    That authority be delegated to the relevant Cabinet Member, after consultation with the relevant Executive Director to make the following decisions:   (i)  To agree final procurement documentation developed and refined within the broad scope of the procurement briefing notes (available on request).   (ii) To agree contract award subject to an approved and available budget (through a recommendation to award report and recorded in an Executive Decision form by the decision maker).   (iii)  That the Modern Slavery Transparency Statement for 2024-2025 be published.     Reason for the decision   Cabinet was required to approve all key decisions with financial consequences of £500k or more. It was a statutory requirement for the Council to publish a Modern Slavery Transparency Statement on an annual basis.