Decision Maker: Assistant Director for Area Regeneration
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
For the Assistant Director for Regeneration to
approve a waiver of the requirement under CSO 8.03 to undertake the
request for 3 quotes procedure in order to make the contract award
to Sound Diplomacy, for policy advisory services relating to
achieving strategic growth through music, for the maximum estimated
sum of £49,999.
Investigations into the market have identified
Sound Diplomacy as the only supplier available with the requisite
expertise to carry out the assignment in the timescale and
available budget.
To inform the Economic Development Strategy (EDS) which will be
considered by Cabinet in December, the Council is developing
proposals to gather evidence for key data gaps identified,
including the potential role of music in economic growth of the
borough.
Consideration was given to subjecting the
requirement for the advisory services to competition in line with
the Council’s policy of obtaining competitive quotations for
contracts of this value. The conclusion reached is that this
approach would incur unnecessary delays and costs to the Council,
as Sound Diplomacy is the only supplier with the requisite
expertise to produce this study within the timeframe and
budget.
Publication date: 17/06/2019
Date of decision: 29/05/2019
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