Issue - meetings

This report sets out the officer recommendation following the successful procurement exercise for the supply of stock items to Brent library service. Following a report to Cabinet in February 2015 officers were authorised to review two frameworks, Central Buying Consortium (CBC) and London Libraries Consortium (LLC) to determine which would provide the best value and most efficient service.

(i)         that approval be given to the Council becoming an Associate Member of the Central Buying Consortium (CBC) Library Group from 1st of April 2016 for up to four years;

(ii)        that approval be given for the Council to call off services under the CBC single supplier Library Book and AV Framework;

(iii)       that approval be given for the Council to enter into a call off contract and place an order with the winning bidder, Askews and Holts Library Services Ltd, for an initial two years with the option to extend for a further two years effective from 1st April 2016.

Councillor Denselow, Cabinet Member for Stronger Communities, introduced the report highlighting the officer recommendation following the successful procurement exercise for the supply of stock items to Brent library service.

Councillor Denselow stated that in February 2015 Cabinet had authorised officers to review two frameworks, Central Buying Consortium (CBC) and London Libraries Consortium (LLC) to determine which would provide the best value and most efficient service. The new CBC Framework has an estimated purchasing power of £19,000,000 and the CBC had negotiated a strong range of discounts with greater flexibility than other frameworks.

Councillor Denselow stated that it was therefore felt to be the strongest framework in terms of providing value for money to Brent Council.

The recommendation from the review was for Brent to call off from the CBC framework to provide the majority of its library stock.

RESOLVED:

(i)         that approval be given to the Council becoming an Associate Member of the Central Buying Consortium (CBC) Library Group from 1 April 2016 for up to four years;

(ii)        that approval be given for the Council to call off services under the CBC single supplier Library Book and AV Framework;

(iii)       that approval be given for the Council to enter into a call off contract and place an order with the winning bidder, Askews and Holts Library Services Ltd, for an initial two years with the option to extend for a further two years effective from 1 April 2016.