Agenda and decisions

Salford City Council - Record of Decision

I Councillor Hinds, Lead Member for Finance and Support Services and chairman of the Procurement Board, in exercise of the powers contained within the Council Constitution do hereby approve:

The award of the Salford Residents Funeral Service as detailed below:

The Reasons are: The tender received was the Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT).

Options considered and rejected were: None considering the tender process undertaken.

Assessment of Risk: Low given extremely positive response to the previous contract and from all partners/community.

Legal Advice : Supplied by: The Shared Legal Service

Financial Advice : Paul Guest -Salford City Council Finance section. The Salford Residents Funeral Service provides lower funeral costs for Salford residents without impacting upon Bereavement Services income. The savings to residents comes from reduced charges from the Funeral Directors element of the funeral services

Procurement Advice : Supplied by:  Deborah Derbyshire x 6244.

The procurement process is included in the report above which complies with the Council’s Contractual Standing Orders.

HR Advice obtained: N/A

Climate Change Implications obtained:  Considered and not relevant.

Contact Officer: Dominic Clarke             Telephone number: 0161 925 1109

·       This matter is not subject to consideration by another Lead Member.

·       The appropriate Scrutiny Committee to call-in the decision is the Community and Neighbourhoods Scrutiny Panel

*         This decision was published on 23 September 2020  

*         This decision will come in force at 4.00 p.m. on 30 September 2020 unless it is called-in in accordance with the Decision Making Process Rules.

Salford City Council - Record of Decision

I Councillor Hinds, Lead Member for Finance and Support Services and chairman of the Procurement Board, in exercise of the powers contained within the Council Constitution do hereby approve the award of the contract by Islington Mill Arts Club for the appointment of a building contractor for the roof repair works at Islington Mill.

The Reasons are

·       The key reason for commencing the tender process for the roof works (ahead of the remainder of the building works) is to prevent structural defects from deteriorating further and water ingress causing further damage over the autumn months.  Both of which could lead to increased costs if not attended to as soon as possible.

·       One further reason is that match funding for the project (£858,000 from Arts Council England) is at risk, unless tangible progress is demonstrated on moving the project forward.  Discussions with Arts Council England and their advisors has indicated that a start on site with the roof works would demonstrate commitment to delivering the project

·       Recommending the approval of the award of the above contract by Islington Mill Arts Club will enable the roof repair works to be undertaken ahead of the programmed start on site of January 2021 for the main building works.

Options considered and rejected were

Not to advance the roof repair works.  However, this could have led to structural defects deteriorating further, water ingress causing further damage over the autumn months and increased costs.  Also, the risk of losing £858,000 Arts Council England match funding through not demonstrating tangible progress to the funder.

Assessment of Risk

Medium:

The key reason for commencing the tender process for the roof works (ahead of the remainder of the building works) is to prevent structural defects from deteriorating further and water ingress causing further damage over the autumn months.  Both of which could lead to increased costs if not attended to as soon as possible.

One further issue is that match funding for the project (£858,000 from Arts Council England) is at  ...  view the full decision text for item 5b

Salford City Council - Record of Decision

I Councillor Hinds, Lead Member for Finance and Support Services and chairman of the Procurement Board, in exercise of the powers contained within the Council Constitution do hereby approve:

The Award of a Concession Agreement forEnforcement Agencies for the collection of unpaid Penalty Charge Notices, Council Tax and Business Rates

Salford City Council - Record of Decision

I, Paul Dennett, City Mayor, in exercise of its powers contained within the Council constitution, do hereby:

1.     Approve the appointment of Eric Wright Civil Engineering at a cost of £1,034,731.62 to undertake the SBNI Salford DP2 works.

2.     Approve the creation of a purchase order to the value of £1,034,731.62 to Eric Wright Civil Engineering to enable payments to be made to the contractor.

3.     Delegate authority to the Strategic Director Place in consultation with the S151 officer to amend the Deed of Variation for the existing Grant Funding Agreement between Salford City Council, Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA)

The Reasons are:

The proposed work on the SBNI DP2 form one of the Delivery Packages for the SBNI programme the objectives of which are to improve the punctuality, regularity and reliability of bus services in the region and promote active, healthy lifestyles and make active sustainable travel safer and easier to use and an attractive alternative to the private car.

Invitations to tender by conducting a mini competition were issued to contractors on the Bolton Highways Framework Lot 3. Four tenders were received for this work and based on the scoring criteria Eric Wright Civil Engineering received the highest score and was the most economically advantageous tender based on the quality and pricing assessment.

Options considered and rejected were:

Not to award the contract

Assessment of Risk:

Low

The source of funding is:

Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA).

Legal Advice obtained: Tony Hatton, Principal Solicitor, tel. 219 6323

Financial Advice obtained: Natalie Birchall Ext 2316

Procurement Advice obtained: Christopher Conway tel. 0161 686 6248

HR Advice obtained: N/A

Climate Change Advice obtained: Nicola Smithies / Mike Hemingway Ext.4880/3209

The following documents have been used to assist the decision process:

Report to the City Mayor’s Regeneration Briefing – 13 July 2015

Urban Vision – Regeneration Panel Presentation – July 2016

Report to Lead Member for Planning & Sustainable Development – 14th April 2020Report to Procurement Board 19th February 2020

Contact Officers:  

Opu Anwar, SCC Project Sponsor, Infrastructure Team- Ext. 4880

Nicola Smithies, Principal Engineer, SCC – Ext 6007

Simon Cook, Project Director, Capita – 07927 563 462

·       This decision is not subject to consideration by another Lead Member

·       The appropriate Scrutiny Committee to call-in the decision is the Growth and Prosperity Panel

This decision was published on 28 September 2020.                                           

This decision will come in force at 4.00 p.m. on 5 October 2020 unless it is called-in in accordance with the Decision Making Process Rules.

Salford City Council - Record of Decision

I Councillor Hinds, Lead Member for Finance and Support Services and chairman of the Procurement Board, in exercise of the powers contained within the Council Constitution do hereby approve:Commissioning of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) medication to prevent transmission of HIV for high risk populations.

The Reasons are:

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is providing ringfenced PrEP funding to Local Authorities. Salford is the lead Commissioner for Salford and Bolton Sexual Health Services. Bolton’s PrEP allocation is £26,560 for 2020-21.

PrEP needs to be provided urgently as the PrEP IMPACT Trial is ending early October 2020. Service users on the trial will need to continue taking PrEP. New high-risk service users also need access.

Note. A plus one, subject to funding, is being sought, which takes the budget over the £150,000 Delegated Decision Notice limit.

Options considered and rejected were

N/A

Assessment of Risk

Low risk

The source of funding is

Department of Health and Social Care

Legal Advice obtained

Financial Advice obtained

Procurement Advice obtained

HR Advice obtained

N/A

Climate Change Implications obtained

N/A

The following documents have been used to assist the decision process.

PrEP Local Authority National Service Specification insert.

NHS England Provider contract to pay for the medication only part of the treatment.

Contact Officer: Helen Dugdale

Telephone number: 0161 793 3543

This matter is also subject to consider by the Lead Member for Lead Member for Adult Services, Health and Wellbeing.

The Lead Member has been consulted and is supportive of the proposed contract.

The relevant Scrutiny Committee to call in the decision is the Health and Social Care Scrutiny Panel.

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*         This decision was published on 23 September 2020

*         This decision will come in force at 4.00 p.m. on 30 September 2020 unless it is called-in in accordance with the Decision  ...  view the full decision text for item 5e

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