Decision Maker: Assistant Director for Regeneration and Economic Development
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Contract award to Inner Circle Consulting for
strategic advisory services, related to the two packages of work
described in para 5.5 for a total value of up to £108, 631.25
for a period of 5 months
Strategic advisory services including
programme and development expertise and resource is needed to
progress key workstreams in Northumberland Park and to support the
next phase of work for the Selby Urban Village project. This
contract award, through the ESPO Framework, ensures we will secure
the resource and skillset available in an expedient manner, whilst
recruitment for internal resource is undertaken for one of the
schemes. It also ensures the specialist skillsets required,
particularly strategic financial expertise, which the Council does
not have internally, can be secured quickly.
Do nothing
This option was rejected, as it would entail delays to the delivery
of the Selby Urban Village Project and the Northumberland Park
Community Placemaking Plan.
Open tender
Consideration was given to undertaking a competitive procurement
exercise for these pieces of work. However, the Eastern Shires
Purchasing Organisation (ESPO) framework provides an efficient
(both in terms of time and resources) and procurement compliant
route To a contract award.
Publication date: 29/11/2022
Date of decision: 29/09/2022
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