Decision details

The Leader of the Council has delegated to the Cabinet the power to make the executive decisions set out below:

RESOLVED to

1.  Agree the appointment of the party named in the Part B report (agenda item 11) as the Preferred Bidder for the delivery of legal services to the Council for a period of five years from 1st January 2018 with options to extend for up to an additional  two years and with an estimated maximum value of £17,500,000 over a seven year period;

2.  Agree that subject to ‘fine tuning’ discussions of the Preferred Bidder's tender being resolved to the satisfaction of the Council, and provided there shall be no material alteration to either the scope of the tender or matters set out in this report, authority to conclude the final contract be delegated to the Director of Law in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Finance and Treasury.