Issue - meetings

Exempt appendices relating to this report are contained within the Exempt Appendices Section of this agenda.

(i)       to review the workplan as detailed in the Appendices for the Customer and Operations Functions;

(ii)      to approve the procurement business cases, including the total estimated expenditure for the proposed contract;

(iii)      to note the content of Appendix 3 - 3.10 Memos (Exemption Urgency);

(iv)     to note that the Head of Commercial and Procurement would circulate a response to questions relating to (1) Appendix 3 – Technical Exemptions - Hydrogen Supply Agreement; and (2) Appendix 5 – Third Party Payments; and

(v)      to agree that the Workplan and Business Cases report be considered as the last public item on future agendas, to allow questions on the exempt appendices to follow straight after and that the Chief Officer – Governance amend future agendas accordingly.

The Committee had before it a report by the Director of Commissioning which presented procurement work plans where expenditure was included for the Customer and Operations Functions for review and sought approval of the total estimated expenditure for the proposed contracts as contained in the Procurement Business Cases appended to the report.

The Procurement Business Cases related to the following:-

·               Customer Experience Platform;

·               Third Party Payments; and

·               Recycling & Residual Waste Skips.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)      review the workplan as detailed in the Appendices for the Customer and Operations Functions;

(b)      approve the procurement business cases, including the total estimated expenditure for the proposed contract; and

(c)      note the content of Appendix 3 - 3.10 Memos (Exemption Urgency).

The Committee resolved:-

(i)       to approve the recommendations contained within the report;

(ii)      to note that the Head of Commercial and Procurement would circulate responses to questions relating to (1) Appendix 3 – Technical Exemptions - Hydrogen Supply Agreement; and (2) Appendix 5 – Third Party Payments; and

(iii)      to agree that the Workplan and Business Cases report be considered as the last public item on future agendas, to allow questions on the exempt appendices to follow straight after and to instruct the interim Chief Officer – Governance (Assurance) to amend future agendas accordingly.