Decision details

The Council has powers to provide bus shelters, subject to obtaining permission from the Highway Authority to install these on the highway, and provides them as part of its aims and objectives to encourage the use of public transport. The Council maintains a waiting list of requests for bus shelters submitted by members of the public and councillors, and as funding allows, considers the provision of additional bus shelters at those sites where the level of usage justifies the investment and the space available would allow for a bus shelter to be provided.

Two new bus shelters are now proposed to be installed at sites that meet the above criteria, one on Defoe Road outside Ormiston Endeavour Academy, and one on James Bennett Avenue outside John Lewis.

An exemption from the requirement for competition in Contract Standing Orders is needed on the grounds of urgency to cover the supply and installation of these two bus shelters so that they can be purchased and installed in 2024/2025 utilising a budget for the same financial year. The associated civil engineering works will be procured separately. Relevant criteria of paragraph 3.10.2 of Part 4, Section 7 of the Council’s Constitution are met.

The alternative decision would be to wait until a full procurement exercise has been carried out but there is insufficient time to allow for this.

An order for these bus shelters of a value of £12,390 will be placed with Ace Shelters Ltd, subject to obtaining permission from the Highway Authority for the installation of the shelters. There are sufficient funds within the Council’s Public Transport Initiatives budget to cover the relevant costs. It is intended that the bus shelters, and associated civil engineering works, will be delivered in Spring 2025.

To waive the requirement for competition within the Council’s Contract Standing Orders in order to allow the purchase, as a matter of urgency, of two bus shelters with a value of £12.390.

Reason:

To ensure that the bus shelters can be purchased in the 2024/2025 financial year.