40 Approval of Schemes, Estimates and Tenders During the Summer Recess PDF 66 KB
Report of the Acting Strategic Director, Communities and Environment
Minutes:
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.