Issue - meetings

[To approve the award of contracts for works, goods and services]

1.      That authority be delegated to the Cabinet Member for City Environment and Climate Change, in consultation with the Director of City Housing and Environment, to approve the award of a contract for A461 Outline Business Case when the evaluation process is complete.

2.      That authority be delegated to the Cabinet Member for City Environment and Climate Change, in consultation with the Director of City Housing and Environment, to approve the award of a contract for Black Country Urban Traffic Control Communications when the evaluation process is complete.

3.      That authority be delegated to the Cabinet Member for Environment and Climate Change, in consultation with the Director of City Housing and Environment, to approve the award of a contract for Contingency Residual Waste Disposal when the evaluation process is complete.

4.      That authority be delegated to the Cabinet Member for City Environment and Climate Changein consultation with the Director of City Housing and Environment, to approve the award of a contract for the Refurbishment of East Park when the evaluation process is complete.

5.      That authority be delegated to the Cabinet Member for City Assets and Housing, in consultation with the Deputy Director of City Assets, to approve the award of a contract for Lifts Maintenance when the evaluation process is complete.

Councillor Ian Brookfield presented the report seeking delegated authority to Cabinet Members in consultation with Directors to approve the award of contracts once the evaluation processes are complete. He reported that the contracts followed a more open process in order to deliver on the Council’s commitment to the Wolverhampton Pound and maximising the value of spend to local businesses.

It was highlighted that as a result of the roll out of the city’s own fibre and 5G network, the Council had significantly reduced its reliance on BT backhaul circuits for the Black Country Urban Traffic Control Communications contract, reducing the Council’s annual costs for the contract from £81,405 to £29,056. Cabinet also noted that the contract for the Refurbishment of East Park would provide for a play area with a splash pad at the East Park and had been facilitated through support from Public Health funding, utilisation of Section 106 monies and capital funding from the Council.

Resolved:

1.    That authority be delegated to the Cabinet Member for City Environment and Climate Change, in consultation with the Director of City Housing and Environment, to approve the award of a contract for A461 Outline Business Case when the evaluation process is complete.

2.    That authority be delegated to the Cabinet Member for City Environment and Climate Change, in consultation with the Director of City Housing and Environment, to approve the award of a contract for Black Country Urban Traffic Control Communications when the evaluation process is complete.

3.    That authority be delegated to the Cabinet Member for Environment and Climate Change, in consultation with the Director of City Housing and Environment, to approve the award of a contract for Contingency Residual Waste Disposal when the evaluation process is complete.

4.    That authority be delegated to the Cabinet Member for City Environment and Climate Changein consultation with the Director of City Housing and Environment, to approve the award of a contract for the Refurbishment of East Park when the evaluation process is complete.

5.    That authority be delegated to the Cabinet Member for City Assets and Housing, in consultation with the Deputy Director of City Assets, to approve the award of a contract for Lifts Maintenance when the evaluation process is complete.