Agenda item

(a)  That commencement of procurement for the list of goods, works or services set out in Appendix A to the report be authorised;

(b)  That delegated authority be given to the Executive Director for Place and Communities following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Customer Services, Procurement & Performance to award contracts, to the best value bidder, for the Bulk Liquid Fuels contract over £500k indicated in Appendix A, as requiring delegated authority to award contracts due to tight timescales involved.

(c)  That Delegated authority be given to the Chief Operating Officer following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Customer Services, Procurement & Performance to award contracts, to the best value bidder, for the Enterprise Resource Planning, corporate telephony, Wide Area Network, data centre hosting, cloud hosting of IT systems and disaster recovery of IT systems contracts over £500k indicated in Appendix A, as requiring delegated authority to award contracts due to tight timescales involved.

The Lead Member for Customer Services, Procurement & Performance introduced a report that updated on the procurement forward plan for services in excess of £180,000 and works in excess of £1m in 2022/23.  The report included an update to contracts reported to Cabinet in May 2022 where there had been significant changes and sought approval to commence tendering for seven further contracts to those approved in May:

·  NNDR administration;

·  Haybrook College extension;

·  Planning, building control and land charges systems;

·  EV Taxi rapid charging infrastructure;

·  Bulk liquid fuels;

·  DSO road vehicles leased fleet;

·  Transport modelling to support submission of the new Slough Local Plan.

The Lead Member stated that the contracts register was now complete and would put the Council in a much stronger position to better manage contracts in the future.  A process document manual had been produced and officer trained was taking place.  The Cabinet discussed how the contracts register could be used to identify opportunities and make savings.  It was noted that the register would be regularly updated and would enable the Council to track contracts and improve forward planning so future contracts were let in a timely and efficient manner.

The Cabinet approved the recommendations.

Resolved –

(a)  That commencement of procurement for the list of goods, works or services set out in Appendix A to the report be authorised;

(b)  That delegated authority be given to the Executive Director for Place and Communities following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Customer Services, Procurement & Performance to award contracts, to the best value bidder, for the Bulk Liquid Fuels contract over £500k indicated in Appendix A, as requiring delegated authority to award contracts due to tight timescales involved.

(c)  That Delegated authority be given to the Chief Operating Officer following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Customer Services, Procurement & Performance to award contracts, to the best value bidder, for the Enterprise Resource Planning, corporate telephony, Wide Area Network, data centre hosting, cloud hosting of IT systems and disaster recovery of IT systems contracts over £500k indicated in Appendix A, as requiring delegated authority to award contracts due to tight timescales involved.