Report of Deputy Leader and Executive Member for Strategy, Governance & Transformation, Councillor Sam Chapman-Allen and Executive Member for Place Councillor Paul Claussen.

Members were asked to consider approving the key terms of a draft agreement that needed to be in place between the three authorities that were participating in a joint procurement, and to grant delegated authority to the Executive Director for Strategy and Governance (in consultation with the Deputy Leader and Portfolio Holder for Place) to approve any final amendments, complete the agreement, and to commission legal support and subsequently approve further documents related to the procurement.

Options

1)     Proceed with the joint procurement but do not approve the IAA.

2)     Do not proceed with the joint procurement and do not approve the IAA.

3)     Proceed with the procurement and approve the IAA.

Reasons

To enable the procurement to proceed jointly with the three Authorities.

It was RESOLVED that  Members approved the recommendations as set out in the report to approve the key provisions of the Inter-Authority Agreement, allocate funds for the commissioning of legal support and grant the necessary delegations (in consultation with the Deputy Leader and Executive Member for Place) to approve contractual and procurement documents.