Purpose

To agree to procure a new/updated transport
model

Content

RESOLVED
 
KEY DECISION
 

That the Executive

 

a)        
Agreed to work in partnership with West
Northamptonshire Council to update and rebuild the Northamptonshire
Strategic Transport Model

 

b)        
Agreed to West Northamptonshire Council being the
lead procuring authority

 

c)         
Agreed £78,000 of existing model fee income
towards the development of the Northamptonshire Strategic Transport
Model, alongside the £400k already set aside by both
councils.

 

d)        
Delegated authority to the Executive Member for
Highways, Travel and Assets, in consultation with the Executive
Director for Place & Economy, Executive Director for Finance
and the Executive Member for Finance, to take any further decisions
and/or actions required in connection with the procurement and
award of the Northamptonshire Strategic Transport Model contract,
without the need to return to the Executive

 

e)        
Noted North
Northamptonshire Council will retain ownership and ongoing
management of its own independent version of the Northamptonshire
Strategic Transport Model.

 

 

Reason for Recommendations – Unlike the other
options considered, the joint revalidation of the NSTM produces
financial, time and resource efficiencies whilst allowing each
authority to retain future exclusive use of the model. There is a
fair distribution of the costs and maintain individual approaches
to the ongoing use of the Northamptonshire Strategic Transport
Model.
 

Alternative Options Considered:
 

·       
For one council to validate the model completely at
its cost whilst the other pays for access.

·       
For each council to construct separate
models.

·       
Not update the Northamptonshire Strategic Transport
Model
 
None of
these options are recommended.