Issue - meetings
Cross Borough Procurement of Parking Services
Meeting: 16/07/2012 - Executive (Item 4)
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This report sets out current plans for re-tendering of Brent’s contracts for parking enforcement and notice processing via Cross Borough procurement. The report provides an update on the collaborative working to date and seeks approval for the procurement arrangements.
Decision:
(i) that the feasibility work completed to date by Brent Council with assistance from the WLA participating members and also the high level governance model proposed be noted;
(ii) that it be noted that a joint contract for parking services will be a Collaborative Procurement run by Brent Council;
(iii) that approval be given to an exemption from Contract Standing Order 89 (Pre-tender Consideration) to allow an advert to be placed and a pre-qualification process to be run without the approval of evaluation criteria, subject to approval of such matters at the September 2012 Executive;
(iv) that approval be given to an exemption from Contract Standing Order 105 for the inclusion of a Best and Final Offers stage during the tender process;
(v) that approval be given to the pre-tender considerations for the proposed Parking Services contract as set out in section 4 of the report;
(vi) that approval be given to officers inviting tenders for a Parking Services contract.
Minutes:
The report from the Director of Environment and Neighbourhood Services set out current plans for re-tendering of Brent’s contracts for parking enforcement and notice processing via cross borough procurement. The report provided an update on the collaborative working to date and sought approval for the procurement arrangements. Councillor J Moher (Lead Member, Highways and Transportation) advised that significant savings were expected from the collaboration. The Executive noted that permission was being sought to place advertisements in August 2012 for evaluation of criteria in September.
RESOLVED:-
(i) that approval be given to the invite of tenders for the joint contract, as required by Standing Orders 88 and 89;
(ii) that it be noted that participating boroughs have given their agreement that this requirement should be tendered by Brent as Lead Borough for this collaborative procurement;
(iii) that the feasibility work completed to date by Brent Council with assistance from the WLA participating members and also the high level governance model proposed be noted;
(iv) that it be noted that a joint contract for parking services would be a collaborative procurement run by Brent Council;
(v) that approval be given to an exemption from Contract Standing Order 89 (pre-tender consideration) to allow an advert to be placed and a pre-qualification process to be run without the approval of evaluation criteria, subject to approval of such matters at the September 2012 Executive;
(vi) that approval be given to an exemption from Contract Standing Order 105 for the inclusion of a Best and Final Offers stage during the tender process;
(vii) that approval be given to the pre-tender considerations for the proposed Parking Services contract as set out in section 4 of the report from the Director of Environment and Neighbourhood Services;
(viii) that approval be given to officers inviting tenders for a Parking Services contract.