Issue - meetings

The Leader advised that he had accepted a question on the report from Councillor Young. 

Councillor Young asked why it was proposed not to require tenderers to apply the London Living Wage (LLW) to their bids when the Cabinet had established a policy last year that all staff would be paid a minimum of £9 per hour, which exceeded the LLW.  Councillor Young also asked for clarification as to whether tenderers who applied the LLW in their submissions would be favoured above those who did not.

The Cabinet Member for Finance introduced the report and explained that the decision taken by the Cabinet under Minute 91(i) (12 February 2013) related only to Council and agency staff and had not been applied to contractors.  The Cabinet Member advised that the additional cost of applying the LLW to the contract was estimated at £250,000 per year, which would not be appropriate in the current financial climate.  With regard to the assessment of tenders, the Cabinet Member referred to the proposed evaluation criteria of 60% price / 40% quality.

Cabinet resolved to:

(i)  Agree the procurement of a new four year term contract, with the possibility to extend for a further one year subject to satisfactory performance, for the supply of Security Industry Authority (SIA) licensed security personnel in accordance with the strategy set out in the report;

(ii)  Agree not to require the London Living Wage to be applied to services provided by the successful tenderer; and

(iii)  Authorise the Corporate Director for of Adult and Community Services, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Crime and Enforcement, the Chief Finance Officer and the Head of Legal and Democratic Services, to conduct the procurement and award the contract to the successful bidder in accordance with the strategy.