Issue - meetings

To receive a report of the Director of Operations advising Cabinet of the outcome of the recent procurement process for the supply of Kitchens for the Modernisation of Council Homes 2018 – 2019 and  Kitchen Supply Only Contract 2018- 2022 and confirmation of the intention to award the contract.

The Cabinet had before it a report* of the Director of Operations providing the outcome of the recent procurement process for the supply of Kitchens for the Modernisation of Council Homes 2018 – 2019 and  Kitchen Supply Only Contract 2018- 2022 and confirmation of the intention to award the contract.

The Cabinet Member for Housing outlined the contents of the report explaining that the procurement procedure was a compliant direct award process via a kitchen materials supply framework.  The Council had set out its requirements and these had been matched to companies within the framework, he added that only one company had met the preferred criteria.

Consideration was given to:

·         The framework process

·         How 8 companies could tender but that only one had met the criteria

·         The number of kitchens to be provided and the replacement programme

RESOLVED that the Kitchen Supply Contract be awarded to Supplier C with an approximate forecast annual cost of:

2018 – 2019              £  70,000                   

2019 – 2020              £126,000

2020 – 2021              £126,000      

2021 – 2022              £126,000

(Proposed by Cllr R L Stanley and seconded by Cllr P H D Hare-Scott).

Note:  *Report previously circulated, copy attached to minutes.