Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Cabinet Member for Finance & Capital Strategy.

(a)    Cabinet agreed to begin each of the procurement procedures as set out in Appendix 1 (subject to an approved and available budget) to the report.

(b)    That authority be delegated to the relevant Cabinet Member, after consultation with the relevant Executive Director to make the following decisions:

(i)  To agree final procurement documentation developed and refined within the broad scope of the procurement briefing notes (available on request).

(ii) To agree contract award subject to an approved and available budget (through a recommendation to award report and recorded in an Executive Decision form by the decision maker).

(iii)  That the Modern Slavery Transparency Statement for 2024-2025 be published.

Reason for the decision

Cabinet was required to approve all key decisions with financial consequences of £500k or more. It was a statutory requirement for the Council to publish a Modern Slavery Transparency Statement on an annual basis.

The Leader of the Council asked members to consider the contents of the report in respect of the proposed additional procurement activity for 2025-26 as set out in the report’s appendix.  Members were also asked to agree the Modern Slavery Transparency Statement. 

It was proposed by Cllr N Ireland and seconded by Cllr S Robinson

Decision

(a)    Cabinet agreed to begin each of the procurement procedures as set out in Appendix 1 to the report (subject to an approved and available budget).

(b)    That authority be delegated to the relevant Cabinet Member, after consultation with the relevant Executive Director to make the following decisions:

(i)  To agree final procurement documentation developed and refined within the broad scope of the procurement briefing notes (available on request).

(ii) To agree contract award subject to an approved and available budget (through a recommendation to award report and recorded in an Executive Decision form by the decision maker).

(iii)  That the Modern Slavery Transparency Statement for 2024-2025 be published.

Reason for the decision

Cabinet was required to approve all key decisions with financial consequences of £500k or more. It was a statutory requirement for the Council to publish a Modern Slavery Transparency Statement on an annual basis.