Issue - meetings

1.  The procurement of additional suppliers to supplement the current arrangements for the delivery of arboricultural services be agreed, subject to the specific recommendations in Part 2.

2.  The drawdown of an additional £566k from the Healthy Bromley earmarked reserve be approved to enable the delivery of the Treemendous project.

Report ES20282

The report was accompanied by a Part 2 report of the same title.  For the reasons set out in that report, this report recommended that additional suppliers were procured to supplement the current arrangements for the delivery of the Council’s arboricultural service.  The report also recommended that additional funding was drawn down from the Healthy Bromley earmarked reserve to finish delivery of the Treemendous tree planting project.

The report had been scrutinised by the Environment and Community Services PDS Committee at its meeting on 29 June 2023 and the Committee had supported the recommendations.

RESOLVED: That

1.  The procurement of additional suppliers to supplement the current arrangements for the delivery of arboricultural services be agreed, subject to the specific recommendations in Part 2.

2.  The drawdown of an additional £566k from the Healthy Bromley earmarked reserve be approved to enable the delivery of the Treemendous project.

ES20282

A Member sought clarification of the term ‘Neutral Vendor Framework’ and asked if it was the case that costs had increased by 42%. It was explained that a neutral vendor framework was a framework that the Council could access by contracting directly with the neutral vendor, who had access to a supply chain who would quote for the works. It was a recognised procurement methodology, used when a speedy route to market was required.

RESOLVED that:

1) The Executive be recommended to agree to the procurement of additional suppliers to supplement the current arrangements for the delivery of arboricultural services, subject to the specific recommendations in the Part 2 report.

2) The Executive be recommended to approve the drawdown of an additional £566k from the Healthy Bromley Earmarked Reserve to enable the delivery of the Treemendous Project.