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This report seeks authority in accordance with Contract Standing Orders 88 to award a contract for the provision of a managed service for the supply of personnel for Brent Transport Services. The report summarises the tender process undertaken by officers and following evaluations of tenders, recommends the tenderer that should be awarded the contract.

(i)         that approval be given to the award of the contract to Drake International for an initial period of three years with an option to extend for a further one year, with an estimated contract value over the four year period of £7.6 million;

(ii)        that the BTS staff requirement be delivered through the contract described in paragraph (i) above, a departure from the standard Council procedure for the procurement of temporary staff.

The report from the Director of Environment and Neighbourhood Services sought authority in accordance with Contract Standing Orders 88 to award a contract for the provision of a managed service for the supply of personnel for Brent Transport Services. The report summarised the tender process undertaken by officers and following evaluations of tenders, recommended the tenderer that should be awarded the contract. Councillor Powney (Lead Member, Environment and Neighbourhoods) in introducing the report referred to the agency worker directive which was to be enforced later in the year and the expected increase in operational costs.

The Executive also had before it an appendix to the report which was not for publication as it contained the following category of exempt information as specified in Paragraph 3 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972, namely:

Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).

RESOLVED:-

(i)         that approval be given to the award of the contract to Drake International for an initial period of three years with an option to extend for a further one year, with an estimated contract value over the four year period of £7.6 million;

(ii)        that the BTS staff requirement be delivered through the contract described in paragraph (i) above, a departure from the standard council procedure for the procurement of temporary staff.