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Contracts for Street Lighting Maintenance Services

Meeting: 18/06/2024 - Cabinet (Item 16)

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Minutes:

The Cabinet received a report on proposals relating to the procurement of a new, maximum seven-year contract for the provision of street lighting maintenance services commencing 1 January 2025.  The report also included plans to directly award a short-term contract to the incumbent service provider, Volker Highways Ltd, to ensure continued service provision pending the commencement of the new long-term contract.

 

Cabinet resolved to:

 

(i)  Agree the direct award of a short-term, maximum nine-month contract with Volker Highways Ltd for the provision of reactive and planned street lighting maintenance services on the same terms and conditions as the previous contract, including historic defined Social Value outcomes as stipulated in the original contract award, the Living Wage commitments and the Net Zero Carbon Target and Sustainability outcomes as defined in the report;

 

(ii)  Agree the procurement of a new five-year contract, with an option to extend for a further two years, for the provision of reactive and planned street lighting maintenance services, secured through competitive tendering, complete with a commitment to the Council’s Social Values Policy and requirements in accordance with the strategy set out in the report; and

 

(iii)  Delegate authority to the Strategic Director, My Place, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Public Realm and Climate Change, the Strategic Director, Resources and the Head of Legal, to conduct the procurement and award and enter into the contracts and all other necessary or ancillary agreements to fully implement and effect the proposals.