Issue - meetings
Approval of YFAS furniture & white goods contract with a whole life contract value of over £250k
Meeting: 16/12/2019 - Decision Session - Executive Member for Finance and Major Projects (Item 32)
PDF 165 KBThis report presents the proposal to tender the York Financial Assistance Scheme (YFAS) furniture & white goods contract. This has been defined as a routine procurement as per the council’s contract procedure rules and expenditure will fall within existing revenue budget provision. The decision-making route however is through the Executive Member given the level of expenditure and required transparency around such procurements.
Additional documents:
Decision:
Resolved: That the tendering of the York Financial Assistance Scheme (YFAS) furniture and white goods contract as set out in Annex A be approved.
Reason: To ensure that Councillors approve routine procurement decisions over £250k in value in line with procurement regulations and the public have the opportunity to see transparent decision-making in operation relating to major procurements.
Minutes:
The Executive Member considered a report that presented a proposal to tender the York Financial Assistance Scheme (YFAS) furniture and white goods contract. This had been defined as a routine procurement as per the council’s contract procedure rules and the expenditure would fall within existing revenue budget provision. The decision-making route was through the Executive member given the level of expenditure and required transparency around such procurements. The tendering of the YFAS furniture and white goods contract was set out in Annex A of the report.
The Assistant Director for Customer and Digital Services outlined the report. She highlighted that the current provider the community furniture store offered a range of new items and noted that all payments were made directly to the store rather than the YFAS claimant. She further noted that there was a £191k spend on the YFAS furniture and white goods contract in 2018/9.
The Executive Member then:
Resolved: That the tendering of the York Financial Assistance Scheme (YFAS) furniture and white goods contract as set out in Annex A be approved.
Reason: To ensure that Councillors approve routine procurement decisions over £250k in value in line with procurement regulations and the public have the opportunity to see transparent decision-making in operation relating to major procurements.