Decision details

Appointment of Inner Circle Consulting to provide strategic consultancy services for two projects: the Selby Urban Village Project and the Northumberland Park Community Placemaking Plan.

Decision Maker: Assistant Director for Regeneration and Economic Development

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Decision:

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

Reasons for the decision:

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.

Alternative options considered:

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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