Decision Maker: Corporate Director of Strategic Resources
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
That a contract worth £100k (+ VAT +
expenses) be awarded to Price Waterhouse Coopers for a fixed piece
of work relating to potential Local Government Reorganisation. It
is anticipated that this work will take place over a period of a
maximum of 3 months.
*PLEASE NOTE This decision was originally
published on or near the date of the decision and so call in no
longer applies. It has been re-published as part of the change in
committee management system that we use.*
The decision was taken in accordance with Contract Procedure Rule
16.1:
CPR 16. EXCEPTIONS TO CONTRACT PROCEDURE RULES
16.1 A Director does not need to invite bids in accordance with
Rule 8 in the following
circumstances:-
Contracts where the Director with the agreement of the HoP agree
that for reasons of extreme urgency brought about by unforeseeable
events unattributable to the Council, the timescales for obtaining
bids cannot be met.
The Minister for Local Government recently visited North Yorkshire
Leaders and set out his expectations on Devolution and the need to
have unitary structures for councils within a York and North
Yorkshire geography. Proposals are therefore required to be
produced and subsequently submitted to Government and the timescale
looks to be condensed between July and September.
The majority of the proposals and subsequent business case which
are likely to be submitted by the County Council are to be produced
by internal members of staff however there are areas where the
proposals will benefit from expertise from external parties.
Timescales do not permit any competition through tenders.
Publication date: 21/04/2021
Date of decision: 15/07/2020