Issue - decisions

1.    Appendices 2 and 3 to this report are exempt from disclosure on the grounds that they contain information relating to the financial or business affairs of a particular person (including the authority holding that information) under paragraph 3 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, and in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information”.

2.    It is recommended that the Strategic Director, Finance and Governance, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Finance and Commercial Services, approve the following contract awards:

2.1 Engineering Inspection – Zurich Municipal; at £97,077.86 excluding VAT for year 1 and based on a fixed rate for the first three years of the Long-Term Agreement, with an option for the contract to be extended for up to 2 further years.

2.2 Motor insurance – Zurich Municipal; at £11,992.78 including Insurance Premium Tax, for year 1 and based on a fixed rate for a 4-year Long-Term Agreement.