Decision details
Request to award an additional contract, to Opening the Book, to the overall value of £33,463, for the following equipment – • Additional signs to the 7 Community Hubs • Screens and other equipment for the Registrar Service at Merrion House • Hand
Reference: D52127
Decision Maker: Director of Communities, Housing & Environment
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Decision:
Following the completion of a procurement
exercise, and subsequent further development of designs to best
meet staff and customer safety when reopening Community Hubs and
Libraries to the public, the Director Communities & Environment
approves the award of the contract to Opening the Book, and spend
of £33,463, for the following –
• Additional screens signs and banners across the 7 sites
– as designs were being developed it became apparent that
additional sneeze screens, information signs and banners were
required to those originally proposed in order to safely direct
customers and manage safe social distancing both internally and
externally.
• Equipment for the Registrar Service – following the
original procurement exercise for the 7 Community Hubs the
Registrar Service requested that a number of enquiry positions on
the mezzanine be made available for the registration of births. In
order to maintain staff and customer safety, additional safety
equipment including sneeze screens and social distancing markers
are required that are consistent with the equipment already
procured to ensure it is clear to customers how to exercise safe
social distancing.
• Hand Sanitiser – this was procured from Opening the
Book based on advice that Sanitiser would not be available from
with Leeds City Council in time for the opening of the 7 Community
Hubs. As increased hygiene and hand sanitiser is essential for the
safe reopening of sites it was decided to ensure we had sufficient
product in stock. Subsequently advice has been received that hand
sanitiser is now available hence subsequent orders will be from our
Internal Service Provider
• Equipment for Central Library – following Government
advice that Libraries can begin to reopen, arrangements have been
put in place to reopen the Central Library. In order to maintain
staff and customer safety additional sneeze screens, social
distancing floor markers, and information boards are required to
match the style of those placed in the other Community Hubs and
Libraries.
Wards Affected: (All Wards);
Contact: Ian Muscroft 01133789488 Email: ian.muscroft@leeds.gov.uk.
Publication date: 21/07/2020
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