The Cabinet Member for Environment and Sustainability introduced a report by the Strategic Director of Regeneration and Environment under the Council’s Contract Procedure Rule 16.2 which required technical variations to an existing contract to be reported to the Cabinet for noting, if the value or cumulative value of variations exceeded 10% of the original contract sum.

A report by the Strategic Director – Regeneration and Environment set out the uplift to the fee ceiling for the Wirral Coastal Strategy by £8,004, which cumulatively with earlier variations, extended the original contract value by more than 10%.

The Wirral Coastal Strategy was a non-statutory document which was fully grant aided by the Environment Agency (EA). The uplift fell within the contingency sum for the Wirral Coastal Strategy which had been approved by the EA.

RESOLVED:

That the Technical Variation to the contract be noted in accordance with Contract Procedure Rule 16.2.