Issue - decisions

That the Cabinet Member for Housing and Homelessness:

1.            Agrees that the appendices 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;

2.            Notes that there is no absolute commitment to spend under this award of the framework and its lots, instead it offers the Economy a rapid, highly cost-effective route to appoint vetted providers to pieces of work – compliant with contract standing orders approval processes for each of those awards having been secured. The theoretical maximum spend was based on this framework being a major source of professional services that are expected to be required over the next three years.

3.            Approves the award of contract for Lot 1, with an estimated contract value of £500,000 (£0.5m) over the duration of the framework agreement, to Quatrefoils Limited, Fulkers LLP, Faithful+Gould and Faithorn Farrell Timms LLP;

4.            Approves the award of contract for Lot 2, with an estimated contract value of £3,500,000 (£3.5m) over the duration of the framework agreement, to Keegans Limited, Pellings LLP, Michael Dyson Associates Ltd., Philip Pank Partnership, John Rowan and Partners LLP and Faithful+Gould;

5.            Approves the award of contract for Lot 3, with an estimated contract value of £5,000,000 (£5m) over the duration of the framework agreement, to Keegans Limited, Pellings LLP, Philip Pank Partnership and John Rowan and Partners LLP;

6.            Approves the award of contract for Lot 4, with an estimated contract value of £3,000,000 (£3m) over the duration of the framework agreement, to Keegans Limited, Pellings LLP, John Rowan and Partners LLP, Baily Garner LLP, Faithful+Gould, and Stace LLP;

7.            Approves the award of contract for Lot 5, with an estimated contract value of £3,000,000 (£3m) over the duration of the framework agreement, to Ingleton Wood LLP, Services Design Solution Ltd., Frankham Consultancy Group Ltd., and ByrneLooby;

8.            Approves the award of contract for Lot 6, with an estimated contract value of £500,000 (£0.5m) over the duration of the framework agreement, to Potter, Church & Holmes Architects, DMWR Architects, Quatrefoils Limited, and LSI Architects LLP;

9.            Approves the award of contract for Lot 7, with an estimated contract value of £500,000 (£0.5m) over the duration of the framework agreement, to John Rowan and Partners LLP, MDA Consulting Ltd., Hickton Consultants Ltd., Airey Miller Limited, and Baily Garner LLP;

10.         Approves the award of contract for Lot 8, with an estimated contract value of £2,000,000 (£2m) over the duration of the framework agreement, to Faithorn Farrell Timms LLP, Ventro Limited, Keegans Limited, and Tetra Consulting Ltd.