Decision

Summary of
Decision
 
The Cabinet Member for City Management and Air
Quality has approved the award of a 12month contract to RingGo
for ‘cashless parking’ services through the
GCloud framework.
 
 
Reasons for
Decision
 
A short-term contract is
required to ensure continuity of service in the Council’s
collection of cashless parking payment while officers consider
changes to how this service operates and conduct procurement of the
service.
 
 
Reasons for Urgency
 
Under provision 2.1.18 of the Policy and Scrutiny Procedure
Rules in the Council’s Constitution, the Council may apply a
case of special urgency whereby the call-in procedure shall not
apply if any delay likely to be caused by the call-in process would
seriously prejudice the Council’s or the public’s
interests.
In
advance of that decision being taken, special urgency may be
applied with the agreement of the Chair of the relevant Policy and
Scrutiny Committee.
Cllr Jason Williams, Chair of theClimate
Action, Environment and Highways Policy and Scrutiny Committee,
agreed to this decision being treated as a matter of special
urgency on 4 November 2024. The decision could be taken immediately
after this agreement was given.
Adherence to the normal Policy
and Scrutiny Procedure rules are not practical in these
circumstances as Westminster City Council must enter into contract with RingGo by 8 November 2024,
and not doing so would cause disruption to parking services across
the City and impact on residents and visitors.