Issue - meetings

(Report of the Director of Corporate Resources. To be introduced by the Cabinet Member for Finance and Carbon Reduction). The report seeks approval from Cabinet to enter into a contract for the provision of Security Guarding services.

Cabinet considered a report, introduced by the Cabinet Member for Finance and Carbon Reduction, which sought approval to enter into a contract for the provision of Security Guarding Services for a period of four years.

Exempt information pertaining to the report was considered under agenda Item 20.

RESOLVED:

That the award of contract for the provision of Security Guarding Services be awarded for a period of two years with the option to extend for up to a further two years with an estimated total maximum value of £1.4m.

Alternative Options Considered

An existing public sector framework agreement was identified, which was accessible to the Council but that contained companies that were based outside of London and that did not have a strong presence in North London. This would have presented difficulties in being able to resource ad-hoc work required at short notice.

The option of procuring a multiple-supplier framework agreement was also considered. However, by appointing multiple suppliers and given the annual value to be circa £350k maximum, the potential for economies of scale through the aggregation of work would have reduced.

It was therefore decided to procure a single supplier arrangement using CompeteFor to advertise the opportunity.

Reasons for Decision

To award a contract for the provision of Security Guarding Services.