Issue - meetings

1.     That a new monitoring service contractor be appointed for a period of 5 years, subject to the existing budget of £240,000 for 23/24. 

2.     That authority be delegated to the Head of Programme Place and the Service Lead for Legal, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for the Climate Emergency, to finalise the tender documentation and associated documents; and enter into a contract.

3.     That a procurement process be undertaken in accordance with the Council’s Contract Procedure Rules and Public Contract Regulations 2015 (PCR2015).

4.     That the evaluation criteria model be agreed, as set out at paragraph 11.13 of report CAB3368.

Councillor Learney introduced the report and highlighted its link to the pride in place commitment within the refreshed Council Plan discussed earlier in the meeting.

At the invitation of the Leader, Councillor Horrill addressed Cabinet as summarised briefly below.

She welcomed the continued provision of CCTV monitoring but queried why the ideas regarding working with other local authorities referred to in the report had not been pursued further?

Councillor Learney and the Head of Programme – Place responded to comments made, including confirming that the contract would retain flexibility to work with partner organisations in the future, should that prove practicable.

Cabinet agreed to the following for the reasons set out above and outlined in the report.

RESOLVED:

1.        That a new monitoring service contractor be appointed for a period of 5 years, subject to the existing budget of £240,000 for 23/24. 

2.        That authority be delegated to the Head of Programme Place and the Service Lead for Legal, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for the Climate Emergency, to finalise the tender documentation and associated documents; and enter into a contract.

3.        That a procurement process be undertaken in accordance with the Council’s Contract Procedure Rules and Public Contract Regulations 2015 (PCR2015).

4.        That the evaluation criteria model be agreed, as set out at paragraph 11.13 of the report.