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Report of the Cabinet Member for Housing and Sustainability, seeking to delegate approval for the Director of People, following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Housing and Sustainability, to award a contract securing a delivery partner to provide a programme using Energy Company Obligation (ECO) funding, attached.  

DECISION MADE: (Ref: CAB 13/14 10900)

On consideration of the report of the Cabinet Member for Economic Development and Leisure in association with the Cabinet Member for Resources, Cabinet agreed the following:

(i)  To delegate authority to the Director of People after consultation with the Cabinet Member for Housing and Sustainability to let the ECO contract in early November 2013;

(ii)  To delegate authority to the Head of Legal, HR and Democratic Services to enter into a contract for a period of 2 years plus an optional further 5 years, subject to the availability of further ECO funding and satisfactory performance, with the company selected for the ECO partnership contract;

(iii)  To delegate authority to the Head of Legal, HR and Democratic Services, following consultation with the Director of People and the Cabinet Member for Housing and Sustainability to finalise and enter into all necessary or ancillary contractual arrangements and documentation with the preferred bidder, subject to the parameters, set out within the report and specifically in Appendix 1; and

(iv)  To delegate authority to the Head of Legal, HR and Democratic Services to take any further action necessary to give effect to the decisions of the Cabinet in relation to this matter.