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Salford City Council - Record of Decision
 
I Councillor Jack Youd, Deputy City Mayor,
Lead Member for Finance, Support Services and Regeneration and
chairman of the Procurement Board, in exercise of
the powers contained within the Council Constitution do hereby give approval for the Supply
of Paper for Salford City Council to be procured in accordance with
the Council’s Contract Procedure Rules through anexisting
Framework
 
The Reasons are:
This procurement seeks to secure a contract
for the provision of cut sheet paper supplies to the Authority. SCC
will carry out a further competition utilising the NEPO 425 Volume
Cut Sized and Production Specialist Paper Framework. The supply of
cut sheet paper is used across the wide Authority including within
the Corporate Print Centre and multifunction printers (MFP).
 
The total Authority spend for this procurement
exercise is estimated to be £35,000 per annum and will be
allocated from the revenue budget with the costs being passed back
to individual budget codes.
 
The Authority will seek cost savings through a
streamlined order process seeking to limit non-contract paper
ordering and is committed to working with the successful bidder to
provide both cost efficiency and sustainability.
 
Desirable requirements for the tender are
based on the following responsibly sourced stock:
 
A4 80g copier/A4 75g copier/A3 80g copier
A range of specialist repro stock (list
supplied with tender)
 
Options considered and rejected were: none
 
Assessment of Risk:  medium to high
 
The source of funding is: Admin Copy Print revenue budget and the MFP revenue
budget
 
Legal Advice obtained:
Tony Hatton - Shared Legal Service
 
Financial Advice obtained:
Joanne Garvin, Senior Accountant
 
 
Procurement Advice obtained: n/a
 
HR Advice obtained: n/a
 
Climate Change Advice obtained:
Mike Hemingway, Principal Officer Climate
Change
 
The following documents have been used to
assist the decision process:
 
 

Report of the Executive Director
Resources and Transformation to Procurement Board on 9th
September, 2024

Contact Officer:  Chris Eckersley,
Document Services Manager                               
Telephone number: 07966 316309
This matter is not subject to consideration by
another Lead Member.
 
The appropriate Scrutiny Committee to call-in
the decision is the Overview and Scrutiny Board.
 
Signed: Councillor Jack Youd
Deputy City Mayor, Lead Member for Finance,
Support Services and Regeneration Dated: 9 September
2024
 
 
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This decision was published on 12th September 2024
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This decision will come in force at 4.00 p.m. on 19th September 2024 unless it is
called-in in accordance with the Decision Making Process
Rules.