Issue - meetings

(a) That Cabinet authorises the Head of Operations to undertake a procurement exercise via the ESPO Grounds Maintenance Services contract 245 framework for the provision of a grounds maintenance and burial service contract for a period of 4 years, commencing April 1^st 2014, and following consultation with the Portfolio Holder, accept the most economically advantageous tender, after consideration of opportunities to seek an efficiency saving from the existing budget provision if necessary.

(b) That option (iii) on page 43 be the preferred option – to expose the work to a competitive tendering process utilising an existing framework.

(c) That Cllr Beach report back regarding the potential cost of the refurbishment of the baling shed once it is known.

A report was submitted to consider options for the future procurement of the Bereavement Services Grounds Maintenance Contract 

Resolved: (a) That Cabinet authorises the Head of Operations to undertake a procurement exercise via the ESPO Grounds Maintenance Services contract 245 framework for the provision of a grounds maintenance and burial service contract for a period of 4 years, commencing April 1^st 2014, and following consultation with the Portfolio Holder, accept the most economically advantageous tender, after consideration of opportunities to seek an efficiency saving from the existing budget provision if necessary.

(b) That option (iii) on page 43 be the preferred option – to expose the work to a competitive tendering process utilising an existing framework.

(c) That Cllr Beach report back regarding the potential cost of the refurbishment of the baling shed once it is known.