Issue - items at meetings - Corporate Procurement of Electricity and Gas Supplies

Report of the Interim Executive Director for Finance & Resources (copy attached).

That the Committee grant delegated authority to the Assistant Director Property & Design–

            (i)         to award a contract effective from 1 October 2016 for a maximum period of four years for the Council’s large (over 50kW) electricity supplies from 100% renewable sources and gas supplies through a flexible framework agreement offered by the LASER Energy Buying Group;

            (ii)        to award a contract effective from 1 April 2016 for a maximum period of four years for the Council’s non half hourly (sub 50kW) electricity supplies from 100 percent renewable sources through a fixed compliant framework agreement;

            (iii)       to award a six-month bridging contract with the existing LASER flexible supplier to allow a proportion of the supplies referred to in 2.1 (ii) above to switch to a flexible arrangement from 1^st October 2016.

146.1.     RESOLVED: That the Assistant Director Property & design be granted delegated authority:

              (i)      To award a contract effective from 1 October 2016 for a maximum period of four years for the Council’s large (over 50kW) electricity supplies from 100% renewable sources and gas supplies through a flexible framework agreement offered by the LASER Energy Buying Group;

              (ii)     To award a contract effective from 1 April 2016 for a maximum period of four years for the Council’s non half hourly (sub 50kW) electricity supplies from 100 percent renewable sources through a fixed compliant framework agreement; and

              (iii)    To award a six-month bridging contract with the existing LASER flexible supplier to allow a proportion of the supplies referred to in 2.1 (ii) above to switch to a flexible arrangement from 1^st October 2016.