a)    Cabinet agrees to the procurement of a professional services partner to support the new public realm services model and the wider highways, transport, infrastructure, ecology, environment and economic development teams.

b)    Cabinet delegates authority to the Corporate Director Economy and Environment to undertake the procurement and award of contract of a professional services partner.

1.             To reject this procurement strategy and to not undertake a procurement to secure a partner professional services.  This is not recommended. To rely on one-off and spot tenders for professional services support could jeopardise the timely delivery of highway services as well as the development and delivery of key infrastructure projects. A framework with multiple suppliers is also no appropriate as the council already have access to frameworks, but these do not deliver the partnership relationship the council desires.