Issue - meetings

To agree to the use of the procurement method recommended and to the appointment of West Mercia Supplies as the preferred provider.

Consideration was given to the most appropriate method of procurement for the Councils energy, namely gas and electricity.  

The Office of Government and Commerce (OGC) Pan Government Energy Project advised the use of a recommended framework through a Central Purchasing Body.  Cheshire East Council had worked closely with the Council for Cheshire West and Chester to review the procurement of energy and had concluded that a contract for energy in its entirety should be awarded using the WMS (West Mercia Supplies, Shrewsbury) framework which was one of the OGC’s recommended flexible, risk managed organisations.

RESOLVED

That approval be given to the use of the fully flexible procurement method, and to the appointment of West Mercia Supplies as the preferred provider.