The Mayor announced that he noted and agreed the following urgency reasons for this report:

This item missed the statutory publication deadline due to several ongoing and complex clarifications needed on 2 of the appendices within the report. These are now resolved and the amendments made within the appended documents.

The report lists 5 items for either contract extension or a new procurement and these are all very tightly time bound, any delay past Cabinet will result in delays in getting to market which may result in services being delayed or stopped this in turn may lead to significant financial and reputational damage arising from services being delayed/stopped.

DECISION

1.    Authorise the appropriate Corporate Director in consultation with the Mayor to award those contracts set out in Appendix 1 following an appropriate procurement exercise, subject to amending R6021 Housing and Benefits IT System – Hosting, Support and Maintenance Agreement to insist on a minimum 10% overall contract value weighting for social value.

2.    Authorise the Director Legal Services (Monitoring Officer), to execute all necessary contract documents in respect of the awards of contracts.

Action by

CORPORATE DIRECTOR RESOURCES (J. LORRAINE)

Head of Procurement (A. Grant)