Decision details

The Deputy Chief Executive has approved in accordance with clause 22.1 of the Contract Procedure Rules, it has been agreed that the above contract with BE Group is to be terminated due to the Contractor being unable to complete all of the outputs specified under phase 1 of the service specification within a reasonable timescale.
The contract has been terminated with immediate effect in line with clause H3.2 of the terms and conditions, which states:
"Notwithstanding clause H3.1 the Contractor acknowledges that phase 2 [of the contract] is subject to the satisfactory completion of phase 1 and agrees that the Council may, at its sole discretion, terminate this Contract at the end of phase 1 with immediate effect".