The Mayor noted and agreed the reasons for urgency as set out in the report.

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.

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

3.               Review the procurement forward plan 2023-2028 schedule detailed in Appendix 2 and identify any contracts about which further detail is required in advance of the quarterly forward plan reporting cycle.

Action by

CORPORATE DIRECTOR RESOURCES (J. LORRAINE)

Director of Finance, Procurement and Audit (A. Kassim)

The Mayor noted and agreed the reasons for urgency as set out in the report.

Councillor Saied Ahmed, Cabinet Member for Resources and the Cost of Living, introduced the report setting out a forward plan of supply and service contracts over £1m in value, or capital works contracts over £5m.

With regards to contract extension requests in the report, the Mayor reminded all officers he would agree contract extensions only by exception in future; open procurement should be the default approach for all procurement activity.

Julie Lorraine, Corporate Director, Resources, advised of an error in the report: ref HAC5983 Culturally Sensitive Substance Misuse Service, the Value Total should read “£1,000,000 (Over the entire maximum contract period)”. The Mayor noted and agreed the amendment.

RESOLVED that the Mayor in Cabinet:

1.               Authorises the appropriate Corporate Director in consultation with the Mayor to award those contracts set out in Appendix 1 to the report, subject to the amendment above, following an appropriate procurement exercise.

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