Issue - meetings

Procurement of Community Equipment Goods and Services as part of a consortium between the London Boroughs of Barnet, Harrow and Brent

Meeting: 15/11/2016 - Cabinet (Item 7)

7 Authority to Participate in the Joint Procurement of Community Equipment and Services with the London Boroughs of Harrow and Barnet PDF 142 KB

Brent’s current community equipment and services contract is due to expire on 31st March 2017 and in order to address the risk of not having a new contract (and community equipment service in place) at the expiry of the current contract, Barnet Council have agreed to lead on an accelerated tender procurement process for the establishment of a framework for community equipment and services, in collaboration with the London Boroughs of Harrow and Brent. Approval is therefore sought to take part in this collaborative procurement, as required under the Council’s Contract Standing Order 85.

Decision:

RESOLVED:-

i. Cabinet gave approval for Brent Council to participate in a collaborative procurement led by the London Borough of Barnet to establish a framework for community equipment 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 Contract Standing Orders 84(a) and 85(c).

iii. Cabinet gave approval to the pre tender considerations set out in paragraph 3.15 of this report.

iv. Cabinet delegated authority to the Strategic Director of Community Wellbeing in consultation with the Lead Cabinet Member for Community Wellbeing to approve the award of a call-off contract from the Barnet framework agreement for community equipment and services to ensure that service provision is in place for the 1st April 2017.

Minutes:

Councillor Krupesh Hirani, Lead Member for Community Wellbeing, introduced the report stating that Brent’s current community equipment and services contract is due to expire on 31 March 2017 and, in order to address the risk of not having a new contract (and community equipment service in place) at the expiry of the current contract, Barnet Council has agreed to lead on an accelerated tender procurement process for the establishment of a framework for community equipment and services, in collaboration with the London Boroughs of Harrow and Brent.

He stated that approval is therefore sought to take part in this collaborative procurement, as required under the Council’s Contract Standing Order 85.