Decision details

Highways Procurement

Decision Maker: Executive

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: No

Decisions:

Councillor Graham Lawman, Executive Member for Highways, Travel and Assets, introduced a report of the Executive Director of Place and Economy, which provided an update on the project to procure a new highways contract for North Northamptonshire Council. 

 

A copy of the exempt report, marked ‘Agenda Item 10a’, was provided as part of the agenda document pack provided to members prior to the meeting.

 

RESOLVED:

 

(KEY DECISION)

 

a)     That the continued progress to procure new arrangements for highways and transport services be noted;

 

b)     That authority be delegated to the Executive Member for Highways, Travel and Assets in consultation with the Executive Member for Finance and the Executive Director for Place and Economy and the Monitoring Officer to take decisions related to the procurement process in order to enable progress as outlined in this report; and

 

c)      That extension of the current hosting of highways and transport services by West Northamptonshire Council until the new contracts are in place be approved.

 

(Reasons for Decision:

 

·           The Council has a statutory duty to provide highways services as set out in the Highways Act 1980, which are met by the hosting arrangement with West Northamptonshire Council that are currently due to end on 31 March 2022;

 

·           The Council must provide these services and the Council is procuring a new contract in order to do so in the future;

 

·           Due to extending the procurement process to enable the consideration of a variant, collaborative bid, the existing arrangements must be renewed to ensure continued delivery;

 

·           The delegations requested will enable the procurement process to proceed with appropriate governance and so that the procurement process can progress in a timely manner.)

Report author: George Candler

Publication date: 16/07/2021

Date of decision: 15/07/2021

Decided at meeting: 15/07/2021 - Executive

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