Issue - items at meetings - Sussex Stationery Consortium procurement of Office Supplies

That the procurement by Brighton & Hove City Council on behalf of the Sussex Stationery Consortium of a contract for the provision of office supplies for a term of 3 years from 18 December 2014 to 17 December 2017, with an option to extend the contract for up to 12 months to 16 December 2018 be approved; and

That the Executive Director for Finance & Resources be granted delegated authority:

(i)            To carry out the procurement of the contract referred to above, including the award and letting of the contract; and

(ii)          To exercise the option to extend the contract by up to 12 months should he/she consider it appropriate, at the relevant time.

175.1   RESOLVED:

(1)          That the procurement by Brighton & Hove City Council on behalf of the Sussex Stationery Consortium of a contract for the provision of office supplies for a term of 3 years from 18 December 2014 to 17 December 2017, with an option to extend the contract for up to 12 months to 16 December 2018 be approved; and

(2)          That the Executive Director for Finance & Resources be granted delegated authority:

(i)     To carry out the procurement of the contract referred to above, including the award and letting of the contract; and

(ii)    To exercise the option to extend the contract by up to 12 months should he/she consider it appropriate, at the relevant time.