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[Report of the Director for Environment and Neighbourhoods. To be introduced by the Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods.]

To consider procurement outcomes for Nuisance Vehicles in Haringey.

The Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods introduced this report which sought approval, pursuant to Contract Standing Order (CSO) 9.07.1(d), for the award to Supplier A of a nuisance vehicle contract for a period of four years with optional extensions for a total contract value of £8.73m over a maximum contract term of 8 years including all extensions. 

The Cabinet Member highlighted that Local Authorities had a statutory duty to remove Abandoned Vehicles from the public highway and any other land in the open air, such as car parks. To do this the Council needed to have a mechanism of removing vehicles and have a place to hold those vehicles to be claimed by their owners.

The Cabinet Member noted that in September 2015, Cabinet approved a 3-year contract with a 2-year extension to NSL. That contract would draw to an end in November 2019. The Council had explored if it could provide this service differently. However, the Council’s assessment concluded that it was not financially viable for it to have a different delivery model, either in house or as a hybrid model with a contractor.

Whilst there was a desire to deliver services in-house, the Cabinet Member emphasised that the cost to do so for this particular product was not financially viable and therefore it was necessary to outsource this contract.

In response to questions from Councillor Rice, the following information was provided:

·         The Cabinet Member would raise with IT that the Haringey App used to report dumped items did not have the option to report dumped vehicles and seek to rectify this.

RESOLVED

To approve, pursuant to CSO 9.07.1(d) the award to Supplier A of a nuisance vehicle contract for four (4) years with options to extend for an additional period of two (2) years plus two further periods of one (1) year, exercisable at the sole discretion of the Council, at a cost of £1.1m per annum or a total cost of £8.73m if all extension options are taken up. Details of Supplier A is outlined in Part B (exempt information) of the report.

Reasons for decision

The existing nuisance vehicle contract was awarded by Cabinet to NSL on 25th September 2014 for an initial period of three years with an option to extend for a further two years.

The existing contract was extended in November 2017 and will expire at the end of November 2019.

A new contract is required in order to support the wider transformation of the Parking service, which includes the roll out of further Controlled Parking Zones. The proposed contract includes a re-written specification and a requirement for the successful provider to deploy more removal vehicles and operate the vehicle pound for longer hours. The significant changes to the specification can be summarised as follows:

-      An extra removal truck deployed throughout the day.

-      Longer opening hours at the pound: 7am to 10pm Mon-Sat (but to midnight including on Sundays for event day operations) and Sundays 8am to 8pm.

-      Additional vehicle storage  ...  view the full minutes text for item 48