Report by Senior Solicitor and Monitoring Officer (attached).

Council considered a report by the Senior Solicitor and Monitoring Officer (circulated previously) regarding an update to the Contract Procedure Rules (Part 4 of the Constitution) in light of the Procurement Act 2023.

The Senior Solicitor and Monitoring Officer highlighted the following:

·       That all Councillors would receive training at the next meeting of Council on 23 April 2025 regarding the implications of the new Procurement Act 2023.

·       That there were typographical errors contained within Appendix 1 as follows:

o   Page 1 – Covered Procurement definition – “with a value” repeated

o   Page 11 – Para 11.4 – unnecessary ‘s’ on the end of the word Contract

It was moved by Councillor Clayton and seconded by Councillor Norman “that the revisions to the Contract Procedure Rules (Part 4 of the Constitution) as detailed in Appendix 1 of the report be approved subject to the typographical errors being amended as follows:  Page 1 – Covered Procurement definition – “with a value” repeated being removed and on Page 11 – Paragraph 11.4 – the removal of unnecessary ‘s’ on the end of the word Contract”.

RESOLVED that the revisions to the Contract Procedure Rules (Part 4 of the Constitution) as detailed in Appendix 1 of the report be approved subject to the typographical errors being amended as follows:  Page 1 – Covered Procurement definition – “with a value” repeated being removed and on Page 11 – Paragraph 11.4 – the removal of unnecessary ‘s’ on the end of the word Contract.