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Report of the Corporate Director (Resources, Environment and Cultural Services) on the extension of the contract by one year.

The General Procurement Board recommendation that the contract be extended by one year until 31 December 2020 was approved.

Report of the Corporate Director (Resources, Environment and Cultural Services) on the extension of the contract by one year.

(1)       The Decision Taken

RESOLVED:

That the General Procurement Board recommendation that the contract be extended by one year until 31 December 2020 be approved.

(2)       Reasons for the Decision

In November 2016 the Cabinet agreed to award a three year contract with an optional one year extension to Maydencroft Rural Limited (commencing on 1 January 2017) to undertake tree maintenance, young tree maintenance and tree surveys.

The contractor had performed very well meeting all its key performance indicators, mainly around quality and completion of work on time.