Issue - meetings

          The Board considered a report of the Strategic Director, Enterprise, Community and Resources, which sought approval to extend the current term maintenance contract for Street Lighting.

          The Board was advised that the current contractor, Tarmac, commenced a term maintenance contract in November 2010 to maintain all highway electrical equipment within the Borough. Members were advised that extending the contract represented value for money and would save the Council the cost of re-tendering the work.

          It was reported that normal expenditure covered by this contract had been around £0.5m each year. However, capital funding had been secured through this contract for the installation of LED lanterns, which would increase the work carried out through this contract. Therefore, the Board was advised that expenditure was anticipated to exceed £1.0m for the next extension period. In the longer term, with the installation of LED lanterns, street lighting maintenance costs would reduce.

          RESOLVED: That

1)    the extension of the Street Lighting Term Maintenance Contract under Procurement Standing Order 1.15 for a period of one year from 1 November 2017 to 31 October 2018 be agreed; and

2)    it be recorded that the expenditure is anticipated to be in excess of £1.0m per annum.