Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Director of Culture, Communities and Business Services regarding an update on the Strategic Partner Spend Approval.

To consider a report of the Director of Culture, Communities and Business Services giving an update on Property Services’ new private sector partner consultancy arrangements.

The Panel considered a report of the Director of Culture, Communities and Business Services seeking approval to spend under the new private sector partner consultancy arrangements (Item 7 in the Minute Book).

The Director outlined the main points of the report and advised that The SCF  Consult Framework provided a compliant and efficient route to procure private sector partner resources and professional services to supplement the County Council’s Property Services in-house resource and expertise.

RESOLVED:

The Panel recommended that the Executive Member for Commercial Strategy, Estates and Property approves spend up to a maximum of £80m over 7 years under the South-East and London lot of the SCF Consult Framework to procure private sector partner resources and professional services to support the delivery of property and construction related projects and programmes of work on behalf of the County Council and its external client partners.