Decision details

 To approve an option for the future provision and management of maintenance materials.

1.         Approve the proposal that stores should be delivered through a managed service using an external supplier (option 3).

2          Authorise the project team to move to the next   stages in the project as follows :

            a.         conducting a pre-procurement staffing review;

            b.         identifying a suitable site for the   stores location;

            c.         preparing the procurement documentation for the managed

                        service.

To achieve savings of £600,000 in 2017/18 and £900,000 in 2018/19 as part of the Technical Services Programme aims to identify on-going savings. 

Options for consideration are:

1.         ‘As is / do nothing’ option

2.         ‘Internal investment’ option

3.         ‘Managed Service’ option

These are outlined in detail at section 3 of the report.