Decision details

RESOLVED: That Cabinet:

a)    Noted the continued progress to procure new arrangements for highways and transport services and the readiness to make an award post Final Tender submission and evaluation in May 2022;

b)    Agreed to delegate authority to the Executive Director Place, Economy and Environment and Executive Director Finance, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Environment, Transport, Highways and Waste Services, and the Portfolio Holder for Finance to award the contract.

REASONS RESOLVED:

a)    The Council had a statutory duty to provide highways services as set out in the Highways Act 1980.

b)    The Council must provide these services and the Council is procuring a new contract in order to do so in the future.

c)    Failure to make an award would have a number of implications for the Council, not least the need to establish and mobilise alternative delivery arrangements from the end of the KierWSP contract in September 2022 and the cost and risk associated with commissioning and /or delivering an alternative solution in the medium to long term.

d)    The delegations requested would enable the procurement process to proceed with appropriate governance through to its conclusion.

ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS:

None