Issue - items at meetings - Procurement of Gullies and Soakaways Contract

Report of the Strategic Director; Place (copy attached).

That the Strategic Director; Place be authorised:

(i)     to seek tenders in respect of highway gully and soakaway cleansing in Brighton and Hove for a period of five years from June 2013,  with an option to extend for up to a further three years; and

(ii)   to accept tender(s) and to approve and award the resultant contract accordingly on terms approved by the Interim Lead Chief Executive Services.

92.1         The Strategic Director; introduced the report which set out the current position in relation to highway gully and soakaway cleansing in Brighton and Hove and recommended a procurement strategy for the continuation of the service from June 2013 following the conclusion of the existing contract.

92.2         The Monitoring Officer informed the committee of a need for a technical amendment to the recommendations and circulated copies for information.

92.3         The Chair then put the recommendations as amended to the vote.

92.4         RESOLVED: That the Strategic Director; Place be authorised:

(i)           to seek tenders in respect of highway gully and soakaway cleansing in Brighton and Hove for a period of five years from June 2013,  with an option to extend for up to a further three years; and

(ii)         to accept tender(s) and to approve and award the resultant contract accordingly on terms approved by the Interim Lead Chief Executive Services.