Decision details

Move by Councillor Scully, seconded by the Chair (the Lord Mayor) –

It is resolved that:

(A)        Council accept the tender offers of Tenderers A, B, E, F, G, H, K, M, Q, S, T, Y, BB and CC for appointment to the legal services panel in the areas of law noted in Confidential Attachment A to the subject report, and at the rates set out in Confidential Attachment B to the subject report, for a period of four years, with the option of two further extensions, each of one year if appropriate;

(B)        authority be delegated to the Chief Executive Officer to:

(i)          negotiate, execute and administer all contracts relating to the tender; and

(ii)         enter into individual contracts with law firms on the legal services panel with a value of over $250,000 without following the process set out in Delegation 5 of the Instrument of Delegations from Council to the Chief Executive Officer with any use of this delegation to be reported to Councillors by way of a CEO Update; and

(C)       authority be delegated to the Chief Executive Officer to exercise the option referred to in clause (A), if appropriate, and negotiate the price to extend the contract accordingly.

Carried unanimously.

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