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Report of the Director of Built Environment

Further to Minute No. 268 of the meeting held on 14 April 2011, the Cabinet considered the report of the Director of Built Environment which provided details of the progress made on the renewal of the existing highway and drainage maintenance contracts and sought approval to award contracts for the ten highway and maintenance contracts.

RESOLVED:            That

(1)       the progress made on the renewal of highway and drainage maintenance contracts be noted;

(2)            approval be given to the award of the following contracts to the highest scoring contractors indicated below subject to final discussions with the successful contractor regarding the sufficiency of their tender and in the case of poor performance by the Primary Contractor, the contract be awarded to the second highest tenderer as the reserve Contractor;

(3)       the contract for Highway Minor Works be awarded to the two highest scoring tenderers, Dowhigh Ltd., Netherton and King Construction, Knowsley subject to final discussions with the successful contractors regarding the sufficiency of their tenders;

(4)       it be noted that this is a Key Decision but unfortunately had not been included in the Council's Forward Plan of Key Decisions.  Consequently, the Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Regeneration and Environmental Services) had been consulted under Rule 15 of the Access to Information Procedure Rules of the Constitution, to the decision being made by the Cabinet as a matter of urgency on the basis that it is impracticable to defer the decision until the commencement of the next Forward Plan because it is expected that the tendering exercise will result in more favourable rates and better value for money to the Council.  An early decision to appoint new companies will allow for more timely commencement of new contracts.