Purpose

To receive a mid-year update and agree any adjustments to
the procurement forward plan for services in excess of £180k
and works in excess of £1m in 2025/26.

Decision

(a) 
Authorised procurement
to commence for the list of all goods, works and services set out
in Appendix A and the Addendum in the Tabled Paper.

 

(b) 
Noted that within
appendix A there were 7 procurements which were not compliant with
the Council's contract procedure rules, 5 have contracts which had
ceased and had been extended outside of the contract agreement
pending retendering and 2 which did not have a contract but were of
a spend value whereby a contract would represent best practice and
help ensure value for money.

 

(c) 
Noted that the
procurements listed in Appendix B had already been approved by
cabinet as part of separate reports.

 

(d) 
Noted the progress
against the April 2025 pipeline report as set out in the
report.