Agenda and decisions

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Contact: Carol Eddleston, Senior Democratic Services Advisor 

Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies for absence

2.

Declarations of interest

3.

To approve, as a correct record, the minutes of the meeting held on 6th January 2021 pdf icon PDF 313 KB

4.

Matters arising

5.

Decision items - Part 1 (open to the public)

5a

Request for Approval - Contract Award - Pendleton Leisure Centre - RIBA3 External Design Fees pdf icon PDF 429 KB

Decision:

Salford City Council - Record of Decision

 

I Councillor Merry, Deputy City Mayor, in exercise of the powers contained within the Council Constitution do hereby approve the award of the contract for Pendleton Leisure Centre RIBA3 external design fees as follows:

 

Detail required

Answers

Title/Description of Contracted Service/Supply/Project

Architects Lead Design Consultancy for Pendleton Leisure Centre

Name of Successful Contractor

Bloom Procurement – GT3 Architects

Supplier Registration Number

(to be supplied by Corporate Procurement)

08045123

Type of organisation

(to be supplied by Corporate Procurement)

Private Limited Company

Status of Organisation

(to be supplied by Corporate Procurement)

SME

Contract Value

£225,529

Full Project

Contract Duration

7 months

Contract Start Date

08/02/2021

Contract End Date

27/08/2021

Optional Extension Period 1

n/a

Optional Extension Period 2

n/a

Who will approve each Extension Period?

Strategic Director (extension < £150k)

Contact Officer (Name & number)

Jackie Ashley  07515 188242

Lead Service Group

Place

How the contract was procured?

(to be supplied by procurement)

Bloom Direct appointment

Framework Details (where applicable)

(procurement body, framework reference & title, start/ end date

BLOOM Northeast Procurement Framework (NEPO) for Construction, Design and Engineering

Funding Source

Choose an item.

Ethical Contractor

Mayor’s Employment Charter

Committed to sign up to charter

x

 

 

Accredited Living Wage Employer

 

 


 

 

The Reasons are:

To enable the design development of Pendleton Leisure Centre to occur, resulting in a funding bid submission to Sport England in March and subsequent planning application in early summer.

 

Options considered and rejected were:

No options were considered, the tender was valid & acceptable.

 

Assessment of Risk:

Low

The process has been undertaken via a fully compliant process and the supplier has a proven expertise in the design of  leisure facilities

 

The source of funding is:

 Approved Leisure Capital programme for the 2020/21 financial year.

 

Legal Advice obtained:

Tony Hatton Principal Solicitor

Date:11th January 2021

 

Financial Advice obtained:

Alison Woods, Finance Officer, Capital

Date:12th January 2021

 

Procurement Advice obtained:

Christopher Conway, Procurement Category Manager

Date:12th January 2021

 

HR Advice obtained

N/A

 

Climate Change Implications obtained:

Michael Hemingway Principal Officer Climate Change

Date:11th January 2021

 

Contact Officer: Jackie Ashley

Telephone number: 07515 188242

 

This matter is also subject to consider by the Lead Member for Environment and Community Safety. The Lead Member has been consulted and is supportive of the proposed contract.

The appropriate Scrutiny Committee to call-in the decision is the Community & Neighbourhoods Scrutiny Panel.

 

Signed:         Councillor John Merry       Dated: 26th January 2021

                    Lead Member

 

 

*         This decision was published on 26th January 2021.

*         This decision will come in force at 4.00 p.m. on 2nd February 2021 unless it is called-in in accordance with the Decision Making Process Rules.

 

5b

Request for Approval - Contract Extension - Strategic Development of VCSEs pdf icon PDF 461 KB

Additional documents:

Decision:

Salford City Council - Record of Decision

 

I Councillor Merry, Deputy City Mayor, in exercise of the powers contained within the Council Constitution do hereby approve an extension to the contract for Strategic Development of the VCSE sector through engagement, support and influence and promoting volunteering in Salford as outlined in the table below:

 

Detail required

Answers

Contract Reference

Title/Description of Contracted Service/Supply/Project

Strategic Development of the VCSE sector through engagement, support and influence and promoting volunteering in Salford

Name of Contractor

Salford CVS

Type of organisation

(to be supplied by Corporate Procurement)

Registered Charity

Status of Organisation

(to be supplied by Corporate Procurement)

SME

Value of Contract Extension

£265,568

Full Project

Existing Contract Term

01/04/2020

to

31/03/2021

Extension Period

01/04/2021

to

31/03/2022

Contact Officer (Name & number)

Sandra Derbyshire

Lead Service Group

People Services

Funding Source

Revenue Budget

Ethical Contractor

Mayor’s Employment Charter

Committed to sign up to the Charter

x

x

 

Accredited Living Wage Employer

x

 

The reasons are as per report

Options considered and rejected were None as the current provider of this services continues to provide value for money, deliver all outcomes and delivers significant added value in relation to the contract specification. A review will be undertaken in the final year of this contract with recommendations for future delivery of this service.

 

Assessment of risk Low

 

The source of funding is from a range of sources – Adults Integrated Fund £39,811, Children’s Integrated Fund £22,489, People Children’s revenue budget £31,706 and Place revenue budget £171,562

 

Legal advice obtained - Yes Supplied by:  Tony Hatton, Principal Solicitor, tel. 219 6323

 

When commissioning goods, services or works the Council must comply with the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (PCR) and its own Contractual Standing Orders (CSO’s) failing which the award of a contract may be subject to legal challenge. In that regard, the SCVS services described in the report were procured in 2017 for a 3 year period with the option to extend for up to 2 further years.   

 

It is an established principle that an existing public contract is capable of being extended (or modified providing any modification does not affect the overall nature of the contract), where the original agreement makes provision for the extension. CSO’s also set out circumstances where contract extensions may be made.

 

When the contract was originally awarded, it was made clear that the initial term would be subject to a potential extension of two years, hence any risk that any extension granted could be subject to realistic challenge by an aggrieved provider, on the basis that it ought to have been put out again to tender and advertised in accordance with PCR and CSO’s, is extremely low, and the option to extend within the agreement is now being properly exercised.

Provided 11.1.2021

 

 

Financial advice obtained – Yes -Supplied By: - Stephen Thynne, Strategic Finance Manager, Tel: 0161 778 0244

 

This report covers contracting intentions in relation to the contract for Strategic Development of the VCSE sector  ...  view the full decision text for item 5b

6.

Any other business - Part 1 (open to the public)

7.

Date and time of next meeting

10:00am on Wednesday 3rd February 2021 via MS Teams Live.