Purpose

To seek delegated authority to
conduct a competitive procurement exercise in respect of a contract
or (as appropriate) contracts for the purchase and installation of
Solar Photovoltaic panels at selected maintained schools in
Gloucestershire. 
 

Decision

Cllr Lynden Stowe sought Cabinet
approval for delegated authority to conduct a competitive
procurement exercise in respect of a contract or (as appropriate)
contracts for the purchase and installation of solar photovoltaic
(PV) panels at selected maintained schools in
Gloucestershire.
 
Having considered all of the
information, Cabinet noted the report and
 
 
RESOLVED to:
 
1.
Approve  the
release of up to £2m from the budget approved at Full Council
in February 2024 as part of 2024/25 budget to provide solar PV on
selected maintained schools’ premises through the purchase
and installation of the solar photovoltaic panels and associated
equipment/infrastructure described in Recommendation 2
below;

2.
Delegate authority to the Assistant Director of Asset Management
& Property Services, in consultation with the Cabinet Member
for Finance and Change, to:

a)
Conduct, subject to the financial restrictions set out in the
Resourcing Implications section of this report below, a competitive
procurement process under the CCS (Crown Commercial Service) RM6313
Demand Management & Renewables dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
for such number of contracts as may be deemed necessary for the
purpose of purchasing and installing solar photovoltaic panels at
all maintained schools in Gloucestershire that have applied for and
been selected by the council to receive such panels and associated
equipment/infrastructure.

b) Award such contract(s) to
the preferred tenderer(s).