Issue - meetings

Background:

This report sought permission to secure the design skills of a specialist supplier to supply and fit cremators and abatement equipment by December 2012 at Medway Crematorium. The scheme had been tendered as single stage tender, but would be let as a two-part contract. The first part being the design stage and the second being the supply and installation.

The supplier would join a design team delivering the wider project that incorporated the new equipment at the crematorium and enlarging chapel accommodation and parking space.

It was reported that the Cabinet had agreed to commence procurement (Gateway 1) on 8 June 2010 and the report gave details of the procurement process, the options available and an evaluation of the tender information. An exempt appendix set out details of the whole life costings for the contract, together with the detailed tender evaluation information.

It was noted that the Strategic Procurement Board had considered this report on 30 March 2011 and referred it to Cabinet for approval.

Reasons:

The contractor satisfied the compliance checks and its proposal indicated that the scheme would be within budget. The criteria as set out in the Invitation to Tender were met and the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (as amended) require the decision to award the contract be on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender.