Issue - meetings
Procurement of Community Equipment Goods and Services as part of the London Community Equipment Consortium
Meeting: 15/08/2016 - Cabinet (Item 6)
This report requests approval for Brent Adult Social Care to participate in a collaborative procurement with the London (Community Equipment) Consortium for the establishment of a framework for provision of community equipment goods and services.
Decision:
(i) Cabinet gave approval to the council to participate in a collaborative procurement led by the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham to establish a framework for community equipment goods and services.
(ii) Cabinet gave approval to the collaborative procurement exercise detailed in 2.1 above being exempt from the normal requirements of Brent Council’s Contract Standing Orders and Financial Regulations for good operational and/or financial reasons in accordance with the Contract Standing Order 84(a) and 85(c).
(iii) Cabinet gave approval to the pre tender considerations set out in at paragraph 3.16 of this report.
Minutes:
Councillor Hirani, Cabinet Member for Community Wellbeing, introduced the report informing Cabinet that the report requests approval for Brent Adult Social Care to participate in a collaborative procurement with the London (Community Equipment) Consortium for the establishment of a framework for provision of community equipment goods and services.
Councillor Hirani stated that the proposed procurement is to be led by the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham therefore approval is also sought as required by Contract Standing Order 85 to use Hammersmith and Fulham’s Contract Standing Orders and Financial Regulations.
RESOLVED:-
(i) Cabinet gave approval to the council to participate in a collaborative procurement led by the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham to establish a framework for community equipment goods and services.
(ii) Cabinet gave approval to the collaborative procurement exercise detailed in 2.1 above being exempt from the normal requirements of Brent Council’s Contract Standing Orders and Financial Regulations for good operational and/or financial reasons in accordance with the Contract Standing Order 84(a) and 85(c).
(iii) Cabinet gave approval to the pre tender considerations set out in at paragraph 3.16 of this report.