Issue - meetings

Consideration has been given to the Strategic Directors, Economy, Innovation and Growth and Housing, Environment and Healthy Communities and Service Leads, Energy, Major Projects and Development, following consultation with the Strategic Directors, Resources and Digital and Corporate Services and Governance, to be authorised to approve schemes and estimates, and to invite and accept tenders over certain thresholds, during the summer recess following the Cabinet meeting on 18 July 2023 up to the date when Cabinet next meets (currently scheduled for 19 September 2023).

RESOLVED -

That the Strategic Directors, Economy, Innovation and Growth and Housing, Environment and Healthy Communities and Service Leads, Energy, Major Projects and Development, following consultation with the Strategic Directors, Resources and Digital and Corporate Services and Governance, be authorised to approve the letting of any contracts relating to the approved 2023/2024 Capital Programme, which exceed £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 decision has been made to enable projects to progress and to avoid delay in delivery of the capital programme and its related expenditure.