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Gateway 4 Procurement Post Project Completion Review: Bereavement Services Grounds Maintenance Contract

 

 

Meeting: 19/04/2011 - Cabinet (Item 9)

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Minutes:

Background:

 

This report provided a review on the progress of the Bereavement and Registration Services Grounds Maintenance Contract, which was currently awarded to The Landscape Group (previously English Landscapes).

 

The contract was for the provision of grounds maintenance activities at Medway Crematorium and 5 cemeteries across Medway and included grass cutting; litter collection; road and hard surface cleaning; the maintenance of tress, hedges, roses, flower and shrub borders; the fixing of memorials and some premises security.

 

This Procurement Gateway 4 report has been approved for submission to Cabinet after review and discussion at the Business Support Directorate Management Team meeting on 22 March 2011 and the Strategic Procurement Board on 30 March 2011.

 

Decision number:

 

Decision:

63/2011

The Cabinet approved the continuation of the current Bereavement and Registration Services Grounds Maintenance Contract and to subject the contract to further Gateway 4 and/or Gateway 5 reporting requirements.

 

Reasons:

 

There are no adverse observations regarding this contract and the contractor is performing to a standard equal or better than that set out in the contract specification.