Resolved –

(1)  That the business case benefits and rationale for bringing these services back under Wirral Council control from October 2018, be noted.

(2)  That authority be delegated to officers to award contracts for both ‘planned structural and transport’ capital schemes and ‘planned routine and reactive’ work via two procurement routes, Restricted tender and the Constructionline framework respectively, as outlined in Section 7.0 of the report.