Approve the final Specification for Services (to be issued as part of the joint procurement of Household Waste Collection, Street Cleansing and related services).
Delegate authority to the Executive Portfolio Holder for Waste Operations and Joint Waste Procurement to approve the shortlist of companies to be invited to proceed to the next stage of the procurement.
The Executive Portfolio Holder is to consult:
(Time: 4.01pm to 4.08pm)
The Executive received and considered report 20/08 of the Deputy Director (Contracts and Procurement). South Oxfordshire District Council and the Vale were jointly procuring new waste collection and street cleansing contract(s) to replace existing contracts which terminated in June 2009 and October 2010 respectively.
The procurement project was being carried out in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 using the Competitive Dialogue process. The timetable for the procurement process required a decision on short-listing of potential contractors to be made by 27 June 2008. This required the approval of both Councils' executive bodies.
Members called for a robust process with all details being provided to Members in advance of the need for a decision.
The Chairman of the Scrutiny Committee welcomed the opportunity to be involved in the process and hoped this would save a scrutiny call-in of the decision.
RESOLVED
that the Leader of the Council be invited to delegate authority to the Executive Portfolio Holder, in consultation with the Leader, Chairman of the Scrutiny Committee and Vale Councillors on the Project Board, the approval of the short-list of companies to be invited to proceed to the next stage of the procurement.