Decision details

LOPS /01/18Supplier Relief for Transport Contractors

Decision Maker: Director of Learning, Opportunities and Skills

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

Due to Covid 19 contractors have not been able to fulfil their contracted arrangement and therefore this has resulted in significant loss of income. Additionally, lockdown has prevented them from pursuing other ad hoc work.

Decision:

To continue to pay Supplier Relief for July and August 2020 for those contractors who successfully applied for relief from April to June 2020, at the same rate agreed by Corporate Procurement and Finance.This is Tranche 2, £71,356 has already been approved for payment by ODR 2021005 to 13 firms. This is for an additional £13,846 for the final two firms who have already had payments agreed The usual total we would have paid over two months to these firms is £52,874

Alternative options considered:

Due to Covid 19 contractors have not been able to fulfil their contracted arrangement and therefore this has resulted in significant loss of income. Additionally, lockdown has prevented them from pursuing other ad hoc work.

Publication date: 25/02/2021

Date of decision: 09/10/2020

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