The Cabinet Member for Finance and Education presented a report on proposals to procure a new three-year term contract, with an option of a two-year extension subject to satisfactory performance, to undertake asbestos removal and management in Council properties, to commence from 20 May 2012.
Cabinet agreed:-
(i) The procurement of a Term Contract for Asbestos Removal and Management in Council Properties on the terms detailed in the report;
(ii) That Cabinet Members be kept informed of the progress of the procurement and the award of the contract; and
(iii) To authorise the Corporate Director of Finance and Resources, in consultation with the Divisional Director of Legal and Democratic Services, to award the contract to the successful tenderer and effect the extension clause within the contract for up to two years, subject to satisfactory performance by the contractor during the initial term of the contract.