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Report of the Acting Strategic Director, Communities and Environment

Consideration has been given to the authorisation of the Acting Strategic Director, Communities and Environment and the Service Director, Council Housing, Design and Technical Services, following consultation with the Strategic Directors, Corporate Resources and Corporate Services and Governance, to jointly approve schemes and estimates, and to invite and accept tenders over certain thresholds, during the summer recess following this Cabinet meeting up to the Cabinet meeting on 17 September 2019.

RESOLVED -              That the Acting Strategic Director, Communities

                                    and Environment and the Service Director, Council                                         Housing, Design and Technical Services be authorised,                                 in consultation with the Strategic Directors, Corporate                                        Resources and Corporate Services and Governance, to                                     jointly approve the letting of any contracts relating to the                                     Cabinet approved 2019/20 Capital Works Programme                                     whichexceed £250,000 in value: such approval is to be                                 in the form of either:

                                    (a)       an authorisation to invite or negotiate tenders in                                               accordance with Rule 6 of the Contract Procedure                                           Rules (“the Rules”) or to conduct some other                                                  procurement process in accordance with the Rules                                               and to award the contract to the economic                                                         operator submitting the most economically                                                         advantageous tender as determined by the                                                        Service Director, Corporate Commissioning and                                          Procurement in accordance with the stated terms                                      of the tender or other process and, where

                                                applicable, the Regulations; or

(b)       an authorisation subsequent to the conduct of a                       tendering process or other procurement process in                        accordance with the Rules to award the contract.

The above decisions have been made to enable projects to progress and to avoid delay in delivery of the capital programme and its related expenditure.