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)