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Is Key Decision?: Yes

Is Callable In?: Yes

Date of Decision: January 12, 2026

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Content: 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:   for an Exception to Contractual Standing Orders to award a contract for The Supply and Maintenance of Cameras to facilitate Enforcement of Moving Traffic Offences under Part 6 of the Traffic Management Act 2004 associated with The GM Clean Air Plan, as detailed in the table below: Detail required Answers Title/Description of Contracted Service/Supply/Project Procurement of CCTV cameras to enable enforcement of Moving Traffic Offences associated with GM Clean Air Plan Procurement Reference numbers (DN and CR number supplied by Procurement) 05040786 Name of Successful Contractor Videalert Supplier Registration Number (to be supplied by Procurement 05040786 Proclass Classification No. (to be completed by procurement)   Type of organisation (to be supplied by Procurement) Private Limited Company Status of Organisation (to be supplied by Procurement) Non-SME Contract Value (£) £253,823 Yr1 then £112,060 per annum  Total contract value £ (including extensions) £535,973 total project value Contract Duration 42 months Contract Start Date 19/01/2026 Contract End Date 30/06/2029 Optional Extension Period 1 months Optional Extension Period 2 months Who will approve each Extension Period? Executive Director (extension < £150k) Contact Officer (Name & number) Robert Owen 0161 779 4848       Lead Service Group Place How the contract was procured? (to be supplied by procurement) Direct Award/ Call off Framework Details (where applicable) (procurement body, framework reference & title, start/ end date Transport, Technology and Associated Services Framework Funding Source Capital Programme Ethical Contractor (EC): Mayor’s Employment Charter Choose an item.   EC: Committed to sign The Mayor’s Employment Charter Yes     EC: Committed to the principles outlined in the Mayor’s Employment charter Choose an item.   EC: Accredited Living Wage Employer Choose an item.   EC: Committed to becoming Accredited Living wage Employer Yes     The Reasons are: On 22nd July 2023 Salford was successful in obtaining the powers as part of Tranche 2 to enforce those moving traffic offences (MTO) contained within Part 6 of the Traffic Management Act 2004. These have been devolved down from the Police as civil contraventions to allow Local Authorities to undertake enforcement at strategic locations in order to minimise the levels of congestion on their network. The type of offences that can now be enforced include contravention of one-ways, banned turns and yellow box blocking.   In order to ensure consistency in delivering the new MTO enforcement and so as not to add another layer of complexity in the back office processing of contraventions it was considered the most prudent route would be to assess the suitability of the current camera providers to determine which one should be awarded the contract for the procurement of new equipment to enable Part 6 enforcement.   The Traffic Technology and Associated Services framework allows a contract to be directly awarded and as both the current providers are contained on this framework this is the route that has been chosen so allowing us to direct award.   Both Suppliers provided costs for the initial 7 sites hot spot sites elected by the Council and both suppliers took part in a trial installation. As a result of both the Price and Quality comparison it has been determined that the contract for procurement of equipment plus 5 year maintenance should be directly awarded to Videalert through the TTAS Framework. It will be the intention that any new sites requiring MTO enforcement will also be procured from the same supplier going forward to maintain a consistent approach.­­­­­­­­­­­­­   Procurement Board approved this approach on 25th July 2025.   The City Council have been working with TfGM and the Greater Manchester Districts and have gained approval for an Investment Led Clean Air Plan, rather than the previously approved charging Clean Air Zone across the region. As well as investment in new buses and taxis, there are a limited number of local measures required in Salford and Manchester. This includes a 30mph speed limit and adjustments to traffic signals on Regent Road as well as some local highway measures in the St Johns area of Manchester City Centre. The modelled results indicate delivering compliance in air quality terms, with the Government agreeing with the results and supporting the Investment Led Plan in January 2025.   To ensure the modelled results are reflected on the network, compliance with the restrictions in place need to be enforced. The proposal at Regent Road is to carry out enforcement of the yellow boxes to increase compliance and ensure, insofar as possible, that the network operates as modelled and delivers the modelled outcomes in air quality terms. To assist with compliance in Manchester it is intended to enforce the yellow box at Trinty Way/Irwell Street junction.   This approach was presented to and approved at Property/ Regeneration Briefing on 8th September 2025.   Legal Advice obtained Supplied by: Tony Hatton. Solicitor, Group Leader, Commercial, Legal and Democratic Service When commissioning contracts for the provision of goods, services or the execution of works, the Council must comply with the provisions of public procurement legislation which requires that contracting authorities treat candidates equally and in a non-discriminatory way and act in a transparent manner. In addition, the Council is required to comply with the requirements of its own Contractual Standing Orders (CSO’s), failing which the award of a contract may be subject to legal challenge. CSO’s stipulate that where a suitable framework agreement exists, this must be used unless there is an auditable reason not to.   The Council can call off the goods/services from one or more of the providers who have been selected to be on the Framework, and this may be through mini-competition or direct award, as in this instance. A contract will then be formed between the Council and the chosen provider/s. The Council will need to have followed the procedure set out in the Transport, Technology and Associated Services Framework to ensure the requirements for direct award are met, and assuming that this be the case, the procurement procedures set out therefore appear robust and compliant with the requirements of CSO’s and public procurement legislation.   Financial Implications: Supplied by: Ian Cowburn (Senior Accountant) Date:4.12.2025 The source of funding is: Joint Air Quality Unit Funding (Central Government) via GM Clean Air Plan Fund (Expenditure Code: D00470).   Comments: This report seeks approval to procure, install and maintain the cameras on Regent Road to implement moving traffic offence enforcement in line with the GMCAP proposals.   This is being financed from within the agreed highways capital programme 25-26, using funding received from the GM Clean Air Plan fund. All spend should be closely monitored and scrutinised.   Procurement Implications: Supplied by: Heather Stanton, Category Manager This procurement was direct awarded under the Traffic Technology and Associated Services framework of which our two providers of CCTV cameras were listed. We didn’t go out to formal quotation because we wanted to utilise the two companies we already have contracts with to remain consistent in our approach. To do this we asked both companies to trial both products and evaluated accordingly. Videalert was the company chosen.   We gained approval for an Investment Led Clean Air Plan, rather than the previously approved charging Clean Air Zone across the region. To maintain the consistent approach we are utilising Videalert cameras. This exception is to move forward with that plan for the supply and maintenance of the cameras.   HR Advice: N/A.   Climate Change Implications Supplied by: Robert Owen in consultation with Michael Hemmingway, Principal Officer Climate Change The traffic model, which in turn informs the air quality model which has been approved by Government 'assumes' that drivers obey the rules. In order to ensure that these models are accurately reflected, it is important to try, insofar as possible that this is reflected on the highway. Keeping the junctions free will facilitate the modelled outputs and contribute towards the GM Clean Air Plan. There will be some road safety benefits as well as potential improvements for bus, cycle and pedestrian movement.   The following documents have been used to assist the decision process: ·     Report to Procurement Board – 28th July 2025. ·     Procurement Board approval for Direct Award to Videalert – 28th July 2025. ·     Property/ Regeneration Board approval to introduce MTO cameras at GMCAP sites – 8th September 2025.   Contact Officer: Robert Owen/ Telephone number: 0161 779 4848   ·     The Lead Member for Planning, Transport and Sustainable Development has been consulted and is supportive of the proposed contract. ·     The appropriate Scrutiny Committee to call-in the decision is the Growth & Prosperity Scrutiny Committee   Signed:   Cllr J Youd          Dated:    12 January 2026.              Lead Member   FOR DEMOCRATIC SERVICES USE ONLY   *         This decision was published on 13 January 2026. *         This decision will come in force at 4.00 p.m. on 20 January 2026 unless it is called-in in accordance with the Decision Making Process Rules.