Councillor John Shaw, Convener, presided.

S MacDougall, Director of Environment & Communities; A Russell, Director of Finance & Resources; D Amos, Head of Policy & Commissioning and B Lambert, Strategic Commercial Category Manager (both Chief Executive's); and J Lynch, Head of Property, M Conaghan, Legal & Democratic Services Manager and A McNaughton, Senior Committee Services Officer (all Finance & Resources).

Councillor Sharkey.

There were no declarations of interest intimated prior to the commencement of the meeting.

There was submitted a joint report by the Chief Executive and the Directors of Environment & Communities and Development & Housing Services relative to a framework agreement for the provision of Trades Contractors to assist the Council to maintain its portfolio of properties in an efficient and effective manner. Appendices 1 and 2 to the report detailed the ranking and scores for valid tenders received under each of 11 Lots covered by this framework agreement.

DECIDED:

(a) That the Head of Corporate Governance be authorised to enter into a framework agreement for the provision of Trades Contractors RC/FA/124/17 with the suppliers listed in Appendix 1 to the report;

(b) That it be noted that the framework agreement would be in place for a maximum term of four years;

(c) That a ceiling value of £23,200,000.00 excluding VAT be authorised for this framework; and

(d) That it be noted that the framework would expire either when the four-year term had lapsed or the ceiling value of £23,200,000.00 excluding VAT was reached, whichever occurred first.

There was submitted a joint report by the Chief Executive and the Director of Finance & Resources relative to the procurement process and the award of a contract for a managed print service.

DECIDED:

(a) That the Head of Corporate Governance be authorised to award the contract for supply and delivery of a managed print service (RC-RC-282-17) to Xerox (UK) Limited, following a mini-competition under the Scottish Government National Framework for Office Equipment;

(b) That it be noted that the contract was for four years with the option at the Council’s discretion to extend for up to 12 months on two separate occasions;

(c) That it be noted that the anticipated start date would be 1 January 2018; and

(d) That it be noted that, for the initial four-year term the contract value would be £2,018,737.76 excluding VAT, or where both extensions options were utilised the contract value would be £2,636,367.60 excluding VAT.

There was submitted a joint report by the Chief Executive and the Director of Finance & Resources relative to a single source framework agreement for HR services to be entered into on behalf of the Council and Associated Bodies.

DECIDED:

(a) That the Head of Corporate Governance be authorised to conclude the award of a single source framework agreement for HR services to McAdam King Business Psychology Limited;

(b) That it be noted that the framework agreement was for three years with the option to extend for a further 12 months; and

(c) That it be noted that the ceiling value of all assignments made under this framework agreement would be £1,200.000.00