Tenders and Procurement Committee

 

OPEN MINUTES

 

 

 

Minutes of a meeting of the Tenders and Procurement Committee held in the Ground Floor Board Room, Auckland Town Hall, 301-305 Queen Street, Auckland on Tuesday, 26 April 2016 at 8.30am.

 

present

 

Chairperson

Cr Dick Quax

 

Deputy Chairperson

Cr Denise Krum

From 8.39am, Item C1

Members

Cr Anae Arthur Anae

 

 

Cr Sharon Stewart, QSM

 

 

Cr Sir John Walker, KNZM, CBE

From 9.18am, Item C3

 

ABSENT

 

 

Cr Cameron Brewer

 

 

Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse

 

 

ALSO PRESENT

 

 

Cr Dr Cathy Casey

 

 

Cr Calum Penrose

 

 


Tenders and Procurement Committee

26 April 2016

 

 

 

1          Apologies

 

Resolution number TEN/2016/12

MOVED by Chairperson D Quax, seconded by Cr AJ Anae:  

That the Tenders and Procurement Committee:

a)         accept the apologies from Cr C Brewer and Deputy Mayor P Hulse for absence.

CARRIED

 

Note:   An apology for lateness was subsequently received from Deputy Chairperson DA Krum.

 

 

2          Declaration of Interest

 

There were no declarations of interest.

 

 

3          Confirmation of Minutes

 

Resolution number TEN/2016/13

MOVED by Chairperson D Quax, seconded by Cr SL Stewart:  

That the Tenders and Procurement Committee:

a)         confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Tuesday, 15 March 2016, including the confidential section, as a true and correct record.

CARRIED

 

 

4          Petitions

 

There were no petitions.

 

 

5          Public Input

 

There was no public input.

 

 

6          Local Board Input

 

There was no local board input.

 

 

7          Extraordinary Business

 

There was no extraordinary business.

 

 

8          Notices of Motion

 

There were no notices of motion.   

 

 

9          Consideration of Extraordinary Items

 

There was no consideration of extraordinary items.  

 

 

10        Procedural motion to exclude the public

Resolution number TEN/2016/14

MOVED by Chairperson D Quax, seconded by Cr SL Stewart:  

That the Tenders and Procurement Committee:

a)      exclude the public from the following part(s) of the proceedings of this meeting.

The general subject of each matter to be considered while the public is excluded, the reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter, and the specific grounds under section 48(1) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 for the passing of this resolution follows.

This resolution is made in reliance on section 48(1)(a) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 and the particular interest or interests protected by section 6 or section 7 of that Act which would be prejudiced by the holding of the whole or relevant part of the proceedings of the meeting in public, as follows:

 

C1       Procurement plan for Te Auaunga Awa stormwater project

Reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter

Particular interest(s) protected (where applicable)

Ground(s) under section 48(1) for the passing of this resolution

The public conduct of the part of the meeting would be likely to result in the disclosure of information for which good reason for withholding exists under section 7.

s7(2)(h) - The withholding of the information is necessary to enable the local authority to carry out, without prejudice or disadvantage, commercial activities.

In particular, the report contains commercially sensitive information relating to the procurement of stormwater assets.

s48(1)(a)

The public conduct of the part of the meeting would be likely to result in the disclosure of information for which good reason for withholding exists under section 7.

 

C2       Extension of Insurance Consultancy and Premium Contract

Reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter

Particular interest(s) protected (where applicable)

Ground(s) under section 48(1) for the passing of this resolution

The public conduct of the part of the meeting would be likely to result in the disclosure of information for which good reason for withholding exists under section 7.

s7(2)(h) - The withholding of the information is necessary to enable the local authority to carry out, without prejudice or disadvantage, commercial activities.

In particular, the report contains information about Council's proposal to go to tender for Insurance Brokerage Services.

s48(1)(a)

The public conduct of the part of the meeting would be likely to result in the disclosure of information for which good reason for withholding exists under section 7.

 

 

 

 

 

 

C3       Stone cladding repairs – 135 Albert Street - Approval of Procurement Plan

Reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter

Particular interest(s) protected (where applicable)

Ground(s) under section 48(1) for the passing of this resolution

The public conduct of the part of the meeting would be likely to result in the disclosure of information for which good reason for withholding exists under section 7.

s7(2)(h) - The withholding of the information is necessary to enable the local authority to carry out, without prejudice or disadvantage, commercial activities.

s7(2)(i) - The withholding of the information is necessary to enable the local authority to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations (including commercial and industrial negotiations).

In particular, the report contains a procurement plan the disclosure of which would compromise Council's ability to obtain a competitive open market tender price.

s48(1)(a)

The public conduct of the part of the meeting would be likely to result in the disclosure of information for which good reason for withholding exists under section 7.

 

The text of these resolutions is made available to the public who are present at the meeting and form part of the minutes of the meeting.

CARRIED

 

 

8.32am            The public was excluded.

 

 

9.20am            The public was re-admitted.

 

 

restatementS

 

It was resolved while the public was excluded:

 

C1

Procurement plan for Te Auaunga Awa stormwater project

 

There were no decisions.

 

 

C2

Extension of Insurance Consultancy and Premium Contract

 

Resolution number TEN/2016/15

MOVED by Chairperson D Quax, seconded by Deputy Chairperson DA Krum:  

That the Tenders and Procurement Committee:

d)      note that the agenda report, attachments and resolution titled “Extension and variation of insurance broker contract” will remain confidential due to commercial sensitivity of its content (however, limited information about Auckland Council’s ongoing engagement with Jardine Lloyd Thompson Ltd will be published on Council’s website as part of the regular Procurement public information programme.)

 

 

 

 

C3

Stone cladding repairs – 135 Albert Street - Approval of Procurement Plan

 

Resolution number TEN/2016/16

MOVED by Chairperson D Quax, seconded by Deputy Chairperson DA Krum:

b)      confirm that there be no restatement of the confidential report, attachments or resolutions, with the exclusion of the following information:

i)        the Request for Tenders which will be publicly released.

ii)       for contracts arising from this procurement awarded over $100,000 Auckland Council will publish the following details on their website; the contract number, contract description, contract type, supplier’s trading name, contract start date and contract expiry date.

  

 

 

9.20 am                                              The Chairperson thanked Members for their attendance and attention to business and declared the meeting closed.

 

CONFIRMED AS A TRUE AND CORRECT RECORD AT A MEETING OF THE Tenders and Procurement Committee HELD ON

 

 

 

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