RESOLVED:

A. That Cabinet Awarded a 2+2+2-year contract to bidder A for the supply of gas to sites covered by the corporate utility contract, starting from 1st April 2023.

B. That authority to take up the 2 optional 2-year extensions on the contract was delegated to the Interim Director of Innovation and Change in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Finance and Corporate Services.

The Cabinet Member for Finance and Corporate Services presented the report, noting that since the Council had ended the previous contract with Gazprom, it had been on a short term contract. The report therefore proposed a longer term contract for gas provision for two years with the option to extended for two further periods of two years. It was noted that procurement had been through all the usual processes and the succesful bidder had scored well.

RESOLVED:

A. That Cabinet Awarded a 2+2+2-year contract to bidder A for the supply of gas to sites covered by the corporate utility contract, starting from 1st April 2023.

B. That authority to take up the 2 optional 2-year extensions on the contract was delegated to the Interim Director of Innovation and Change in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Finance and Corporate Services.