Purpose

To approve a direct
award procurement, via the Provision of Neutral Vendor Provider
framework, from Ealing Procurement in relation to legal consultancy
services for the Barnsley, Doncaster and
Rotherham (BDR) Waste Partnership.
 

Decision

 

ROTHERHAM METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL

 

RECORD OF OFFICER EXECUTIVE DECISION

 

Date of Decision:

28th
October, 2024
 

Title:

PROCUREMENT BUSINESS
CASE - Legal Consultancy for the BDR Waste Partnership

Decision Maker:
(Including Job
Title)

Sam
Barstow
Assistant
Director - Community Safety and Street Scene
 

Details of Specific Cabinet
Delegation
or Delegation contained in the
relevant Sub-Scheme of Delegation.
 

As per the
Constitution and the Regeneration and Environment Sub-scheme of
Delegation.
 
 
 

Decision:

The Business case
seeks approval from Sam Barstow, Assistant Director, Community
Safety & Street Scene to undertake a direct award via the
Provision of Neutral Vendor Provider framework from Ealing
Procurement in relation to legal consultancy services for the
Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham (BDR) Waste Partnership as
detailed within this report.
 

Reasons for the
Decision:

The BDR Councils require
comprehensive support and advice in respect of the legal and
contractual aspects of the “BDR Waste Partnership”
joint waste management Private Finance Initiative (PFI) project
contract. This specialised knowledge is not within the scope of
individual Council Legal teams
 

Details of alternative
options considered and rejected:

The Business case
(approval from Sam Barstow, Assistant Director, Community Safety
& Street Scene) undertook a direct award via the Provision of
Neutral Vendor Provider framework from Ealing Procurement in
relation to legal consultancy services for the Barnsley, Doncaster
and Rotherham (BDR) Waste Partnership as detailed within this
report.
 

Conflicts of interest
declared by any Cabinet Member consulted by the decision maker
which relates to the decision:

None

Dispensations
Granted:
(If any)

None

Reports or parts of
reports considered

The PROCUREMENT
BUSINESS CASE - Legal Consultancy for the BDR Waste Partnership has
been fully approved and signed off by all required
approvers.
 
 

 
I
certify that this is a true record of the executive decision to
….
 
Signed by the Decision Maker  
Dated:
30th September, 2024
 
Name:
Sam Barstow                  
Job
Title: Assistant Director, Community
Safety & Street Scene