This report sets out the procurement route that has been taken to put in place a single contract for the prevention, risk management and control of legionella and associated works and asks the Board Member to approve the award of a corporate contract for the risk management and control of legionella.

The Head of Business Improvement submitted a report (previously circulated, now appended).

Resolved:-

(1)   To award a corporate contract to Eaton Environmental Services Limited for the risk management and control of legionalla, the contract to run from January 2012 to December 2015 with the option to extend the contract for up to a further two years at the Council’s discretion;

(2)   To note that:-

(a)         The total contract value over five years was likely to exceed  £250,000;

(b)   The arrangement had been put in place by the City Council on the basis that it might also be used by Cherwell District Council and that in the event that that Council made use of the arrangement it would enter into its own contract with the supplier.