Issue - meetings

RESOLVED:

1.    That Cabinet grants Approval to Procure for a contract to enable the provision of cleaning consumables across Surrey County Council’s care homes, schools, offices and libraries. A decision is required to add this procurement to the Annual Procurement Forward Plan (APFP) for 2021/22.

2.    That Cabinet delegates the authority for contract award decision to the Executive Director for Resources.

Reason for Decision:

• To comply with the Procurement and Contract Standing Orders agreed by the Council in May 2019.
• To provide Cabinet with strategic oversight of planned procurement projects for 2021/22.
• To secure fixed product and service pricing where possible, and economies of scale for a wide variety of products ordered frequently across multiple sites within Surrey.

[The decisions on this item can be called in by the Resources and Performance Select Committee]

The Leader explained that Surrey County Council services collectively spent c£550k during 2020 through the current supplier catalogue, compared to c£400k the previous year on cleaning consumables. This increase was due to covid-19. The council was now looking to procure for a contract to enable the provision of cleaning consumables across Surrey County Council’s care homes, schools, offices and libraries for a period of four years.

It was agreed that social value needed to be captured in the procurement process and cruelty free products needed to be used where possible.

RESOLVED:

1.    That Cabinet grants Approval to Procure for a contract to enable the provision of cleaning consumables across Surrey County Council’s care homes, schools, offices and libraries. A decision is required to add this procurement to the Annual Procurement Forward Plan (APFP) for 2021/22.

2.    That Cabinet delegates the authority for contract award decision to the Executive Director for Resources.

Reason for Decision:

• To comply with the Procurement and Contract Standing Orders agreed by the Council in May 2019.
• To provide Cabinet with strategic oversight of planned procurement projects for 2021/22.
• To secure fixed product and service pricing where possible, and economies of scale for a wide variety of products ordered frequently across multiple sites within Surrey.

[The decisions on this item can be called in by the Resources and Performance Select Committee]