(a) Delegate authority to the AD of Place Operations, following consultation with the Lead Member for Sustainable Transport & Environmental Services, to access a legally compliant framework, award call-off contracts and agree and finalise terms and conditions with suppliers, for a 12-month fixed price corporate energy contract .
(b) Note that this is an urgent key decision and in line with Part 4.2 Rule 16.1 – Special Urgency Access to Information Procedure of the Council’s Constitution, the approval of the chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee has been obtained that the making of the decision cannot be reasonably deferred.
(c) Note that the Chief Executive exercised her powers under rule 1.4 part 3.6 of the Constitution (Urgency Provisions) to approve the commencement of the procurement process.
(d) Note that the AD of Place Operations will initiate and execute an energy procurement strategy for the period 2022-2025 for report and approval by no later than July 2021, for execution by no later than October 2021.