Decision

Salford City Council – Record of Decision

I Councillor Youd, Lead Member for Finance and Support Services and chairman of the Procurement Board, accept the recommendation of the Procurement Board and in exercise of the powers contained within the Council Constitution do hereby approve:

·     to Award the Contract for delivery of landscape improvement works at Mariner’s Canal, as detailed in the table below:

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Title/Description of Contracted Service/Supply/Project

Delivery of landscape improvement works, Mariner’s Canal Pilot Project

Procurement Reference numbers (DN and CR number supplied by Procurement)

S1232-120 / DN789115

Name of Successful Contractor

Horticon Ltd

Supplier Registration Number

(to be supplied by Procurement

2463373

Proclass Classification No.

(to be completed by procurement)

391300

Type of organisation

(to be supplied by Procurement)

Private Limited Company

Status of Organisation

(to be supplied by Procurement)

SME

Contract Value (£)

£ 205,768.22

Total contract value £ (including extensions)

£ total project value

Contract Duration

12 weeks

Contract Start Date

02/02/2026

Contract End Date

24/04/2026

Optional Extension Period 1

N/A

Optional Extension Period 2

N/A

Who will approve each Extension Period?

Procurement Board (extension > £150k)

Contact Officer (Name & number)

Danielle Sammy

Lead Service Group

Place

How the contract was procured?

(to be supplied by procurement)

RFQ

Framework Details (where applicable)

(procurement body, framework reference & title, start/ end date

Technical and Highways works Framework - Lot 6 - Landscape and Associated External Works

Funding Source

Capital Programme

Ethical Contractor (EC): Mayor’s Employment Charter

No

EC: Committed to sign The Mayor’s Employment Charter

No

EC: Committed to the principles outlined in the Mayor’s Employment charter

No

EC: Accredited Living Wage Employer

Yes

EC: Committed to becoming Accredited Living wage Employer

N/A

?

The Reasons are:

Tenders were invited by mini-competition on the Lot 6 Landscape and Associated External Works Technical and Highways Works Framework and complaint submissions evaluated to determine the most economically advantageous tender under the criteria of price, quality and social value. The successful contractor demonstrated the ability to deliver the project through their submission.

Options considered and rejected were:

Not to award the contract.

Assessment of Risk:

Low

Procurement process – The contractor has been procured through the Landscape Framework via a mini competition. The tender process has been led by the Council’s procurement team to ensure compliance with the Council’s contractual standing orders.

Delivery – The contractors on the Technical and Highway Framework have a successful track record of delivering schemes on behalf of the Council and have been required to give examples of similar experience as part of the quality evaluation.

Medium

Procurement of preferred contractor – Any delays in approving the appointment of the preferred contractor would result in an extension to the delivery programme with an associated risk of the construction programme and associated expenditure extending beyond the 2025/2026 financial year.

The source of funding is:

Funds have been identified in the Capital Programme to deliver the project, approved by the Council in February 2025 with this project included in the Strategic Regeneration budget line.

Legal Advice obtained:

The Shared Legal Service 24.10.25

Financial Advice obtained:

Anthony Rigby Senior Accountant 29.10.25

Procurement Advice obtained:

Heather Stanton, Category Manager 04.11.2025

HR Advice obtained: N/A

Climate Change Implications obtained:

Michael Hemingway, Environment Policy 03.11.2025

The following documents have been used to assist the decision process:

·     Report to Procurement Board dated 8th December 2025 titled Approval to Award the Contract for delivery of landscape improvement works at Mariner’s Canal

Contact Officer: Danielle Sammy

Telephone number: 0161 603 8355

·     This matter is also subject to consider by the Lead Member for Finance, Support Services and Regeneration. The Lead Member has been consulted and is supportive of the proposed contract.

·     This matter is not subject to consideration by another Lead Member.

·     The appropriate Scrutiny Committee to call-in the decision is the Growth and Prosperity Scrutiny Panel

Signed:     Cllr J Youd        Dated:    8 December 2025.

               Lead Member

FOR DEMOCRATIC SERVICES USE ONLY:

*         This decision was published on 9 December 2025

*         This decision will come in force at 4.00 p.m. on 16 December 2025 unless it is called-in in accordance with the Decision Making Process Rules.