Decision details

Interim arrangements for highways and transport-related professional services

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

This report seeks approval to enter into an Access Agreement with the London Borough of Ealing under its Framework Contract for call-off contracts with Project Centre/Opus for the provision of seconded and ad-hoc highways and transport engineering services and with Appia Infrastructure Solutions for the provision of highway condition surveys. It also proposes continuing to use our existing consultants for routine bridge and rail advice and entering short-term contracts for any specialist works.

Decision:

1.                  That approval be given to Option Three in paragraph 6.3 of the report and that equivalent approvals are sought from the Royal Borough of  Kensington and Chelsea.

2.                  That once the Service Reviews are complete a further report be submitted on a strategy for procuring long-term Bi-Borough Highways and Transport consultant and contractor support reflecting the outcome, be approved.

Report author: Ian Davies

Publication date: 23/07/2013

Date of decision: 22/07/2013

Decided at meeting: 22/07/2013 - Cabinet

Effective from: 29/07/2013

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