Issue - meetings

The Cabinet is requested to consider the agenda report and the confidential Part II appendix (the latter is printed on salmon paper and sent to members and relevant officers only)* and to make the following resolution:

That the contract for shingle recharge at Danefield Road Selsey be awarded to the contractor identified in the confidential appendix to the agenda report.

*[Note Exempt category Para 3: Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information)]

RESOLVED

That the contract for shingle recharge at Danefield Road Selsey be awarded to the contractor identified in the confidential appendix to the agenda report.

The Cabinet considered the agenda report and the confidential Part II appendix (copy of the report attached to the official minutes).

The report was introduced by Mrs Purnell.

Mr Henly and Mrs Stevens were in attendance for this item.

Mrs Purnell summarised the background to and the nature of the proposal for a shingle recharge at the site in Selsey, which would be undertaken by CDC pursuant the Coast Protection Act 1949. CDC had permissive powers to prevent coastal erosion within its area. The proposed contract would be for the first year of the Beach Management Plan 2016-2021 (BMP), approved by the Cabinet earlier in 2016, which would implement the hold the line policy for the stretch of coastline between Pagham and East Head. The first five-year expenditure on coastal defence which ended in March 2016 resulted in £1.5m spent on improving extant defences. The new BMP would continue the work of importing shingle in order to maintain and even improve man-made defences, which were a significant means of protecting the sea walls from being undermined and the hinterland from being flooded. The contract was financed by grant via the Flood Defence in Grant Aid awarded to CDC by the Environment Agency. The competitive tender process had used an approved framework for coastal works. The tender price was comparable to the previous year’s figure and was judged to represent best value.

Mr Henly and Mrs Stevens did not wish to add to Mrs Purnell’s remarks. 

Mr Henly and Mr Carvell responded to members’ questions on points of detail.

Decision

At the conclusion of the debate the Cabinet voted on a show of hands unanimously in favour of the recommendation.

RESOLVED

That the contract for shingle recharge at Danefield Road Selsey be awarded to the contractor identified in the confidential appendix to the agenda report.