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Contact: |
Wendy Lambert, Financial and Office Services Manager Tel: 023 8064 4000 Ext 5006 |
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Summary |
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1.1 |
The Code of Practice Relating to Contracts requires the Chief Officer to submit an annual report to the Authority giving details of proposed contracts for goods and services where each contract value is likely to exceed £50,000. |
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1.2 |
The Authority may, on presentation of this report, vary or exclude the operation of any of the Authority's Standing Orders or the Code of Practice. |
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1.3 |
All proposed contracts are funded either from the approved capital programme or specific revenue budgets. |
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Proposed Contracts |
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2.1 |
See confidential Appendix 1 - item 13 |
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2003/04 Tenders Awarded |
Actual Cost |
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£'000s |
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3.1 |
Breathing apparatus kits joint procurement with Wiltshire Contract awarded to Draeger Limited |
£355 |
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3.2 |
Operational leasing contracts to the value of £1.5m were let as follows: |
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Sigma Finance Limited |
£539 |
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Alliance and Leicester Commercial Finance |
£536 |
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Siemens |
£406 |
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3.3 |
Vehicle Replacement: |
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1 x Water Carrier - Contractor Angloco Limited |
£130 |
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3.4 |
Replacement Fire Safety Database - Contract awarded to Systems Options |
£200 |
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2002/03 Tenders Awarded in 2003/04 |
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4.1 |
Legal Services - Contracts awarded to Steven Paris and Mills and Reeve |
£183 |
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European Convention on Human Rights and the Human Rights Act 1998 |
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5.1 |
The proposals within this report are compatible with the provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights and the Human Rights Act 1998 and considered in the light of the Race Relations (amendment) Act 2000. |
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Recommendations |
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That the annual report on Contracts be noted |
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Section 100D - Local Government Act 1972 - background papers |
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The following documents disclose the facts or matters on which this report, or an important part of it, is based and has been relied upon to a material extent in the preparation of the report. |
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None |
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NB The list excludes: |
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1 Published works |
2 Documents that disclose exempt or confidential information as defined in the Act |
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File ref: Secretarial/WP/word/Corporate/HFRA FGP 28 7 04 Code of Practice WL/JMW/20/7/2004 |
