The Director of Regeneration and Place has approved:

1)  an award Chase Services Group Ltd. as the most economically advantageous tenderer, a two-year contract with the option of two one-year extensions to provide suitably qualified and licenced security staff to provide keyholding services, a security response to Council owned buildings out-of-hours and a security presence at Committee and other public meetings on a call off basis at an estimated annual cost of up to £225,000.

2)  that the award be deemed urgent and therefore not subject to the procedure for re-consideration.

The award of this contract is necessary to:

a)   Provide a prompt response to intruder and fire alarms in Council buildings out of hours, to reduce the risks of damage to the Council’s assets and potential disruption to front line and other critical services.

b)   Provide a security presence at Committee and other keys meetings where intelligence assessment highlights a demonstrable level of risk of disorder to provide reassurance to members of the public, elected members and staff, and deal with unruly behaviour.