Decision details

OD/24/55 Contaminated Land Assessment Contractor Appointment

Decision Maker: Officer Decision

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

Environmental Protection require a contractor to carry out contaminated land assessments of sites identified to meet the legal duty on the Council as part of the Contaminated Land Strategy.

 

A competitive, open tender process was held and three compliant bids were received.

 

The contract is for a period of 60 months to provide this service from 1st February 2025 to 31st January 2030 utilising the available budget for each financial year. Currently this is for the sum of £10,000 each financial year, totalling £50,000.

 

The possibility of undertaking this work in-house was rejected as the team do not currently have the capacity or resources to carry out this work.

Decision:

To appoint Environmental Protection Strategies Ltd.

 

Reason:

To carry out contaminated land assessments of sites to meet the legal duty of the Council.

Publication date: 10/02/2025

Date of decision: 21/01/2025

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