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This report sets out current plans for re-tendering of Brent’s contracts for parking enforcement and notice processing.  In light of concerns about the timing of the new contracts in relation to the 2012 Olympic Games, and fresh opportunities for collaboration in retendering which have arisen, recommends that the existing contracts be extended for a twelve month period.

(i)         that the concerns about the existing tendering timetable set out in paragraphs 3.3 and 3.4 of the report from the Director of Environment and Neighbourhood Services and the potential for securing a better outcome through collaboration with West London Alliance partners set out in paragraphs 3.5 to 3.7 be noted;

(ii)        that the legal advice about the risks associated with extending the existing contract set out in paragraphs 5.1 to 5.4 be noted;

(iii)       that agreement be given to the extension of the parking enforcement and notice processing contracts with APCOA for a period of twelve months and that authority be delegated to the Director of Environment and Neighbourhood Services in consultation with the Director of Finance and Corporate Services and the Director of Legal and Procurement to agree the final terms of the extension;

(iv)       that agreement in principle be given to the revised approach to tendering the contracts collaboratively set out in paragraph 3.9 and 3.11 of the Director's report.

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.  Councillor J Moher advised that in the light of concerns about the timing of the new contracts in relation to the 2012 Olympic Games, and fresh opportunities for collaboration in retendering which have arisen, it was now recommended that the existing contracts be extended for a twelve month period.

The Executive also had before them appendices to the report which were not for publication as they contained the following categories of exempt information as specified in Schedule 12 of the Local Government (Access to Information Act) 1972: 

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

·         Information in respect of which a claim to legal professional privilege could be maintained in legal proceedings.

RESOLVED:-

(i)         that the concerns about the existing tendering timetable set out in paragraphs 3.3 and 3.4 of the report from the Director of Environment and Neighbourhood Services and the potential for securing a better outcome through collaboration with West London Alliance partners set out in paragraphs 3.5 to 3.7 be noted;

(ii)        that the legal advice about the risks associated with extending the existing contract set out in paragraphs 5.1 to 5.4 be noted;

(iii)       that agreement be given to the extension of the parking enforcement and notice processing contracts with APCOA for a period of twelve months and that authority be delegated to the Director of Environment and Neighbourhood Services in consultation with the Director of Finance and Corporate Services and the Director of Legal and Procurement to agree the final terms of the extension;

(iv)       that agreement in principle be given to the revised approach to tendering the contracts collaboratively set out in paragraph 3.9 and 3.11 of the Director's report.