Decision details

Direct award the contract to project manage the delivery of this project to The CDS Group plc

This was a legacy project prior to LGR and CDS Group plc had been employed by the former Harrogate Borough Council to manage it on their behalf. This continued when the new unitary authority came into existence. CDS Group had carried all stages from RIBA Stage 1 to 3. For consistency/continuity purposes, it made good business sense for the Council to retain CDS Group’s services to oversee the remaining stages of this project to completion, post planning approval stage.

If a decision was made to carry out a competitive open tender process for the remaining stages of this project, it would lead to significant delays and there would be real risk of the existing cemetery site reaching full capacity before the extended cemetery became available. Such a scenario would be highly damaging to the Council’s reputation.

Therefore, for the reasons above NYC awarded the contract directly to CDS Group plc via a framework agreement with Bloom Procurement Services.

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