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Minutes - draft

These minutes are draft and are to be agreed.

Minutes of the Resources and Productivity Sub-committee of the Metropolitan Police Authority held on 4 April 2011 at 10 Dean Farrar Street, London SW1H 0NY.

Present

Members

  • Faith Boardman (Chair)
  • John Biggs
  • Amanda Sater
  • Graham Speed (Vice Chair)

MPA officers

  • Annabel Adams (Deputy Treasurer)
  • Julie Norgrove (Director of Audit, Risk and Assurance)
  • John Crompton (Treasury Team)

MPS officers

  • Ailsa Beaton (Director of Information)
  • Anne McMeel (Director of Resources)
  • Nick Rogers (Director of Finance Services)
  • Gary Pugh (Director of Forensic Services)
  • Lee Tribe (Director of Procurement Services)

87. Apologies for absence

(Agenda item 1)

88. Declarations of interests

(Agenda item 2)

No declarations were made.

89. Minutes of the meeting held on 14 March 2011

(Agenda item 3)

Resolved – That the minutes of the Resources and Productivity Sub-committee held on 14 March 2011 be agreed and signed as a correct record.

90. Procurement strategy- action plan

(Agenda item 4)

The quarterly monitoring report on the MPA/MPS procurement strategy action plan was submitted.

In introducing the report the Director of Procurement Services advised that a new procurement strategy covering the period 2012 onwards will be developed in association with the MPA. This would contain new targets which will provide new areas of challenge.

The Chair stated that members had previously indicated that they were satisfied with the progress which was being made on the key actions required to implement the strategy and it should be noted that the latest report showed that this positive direction of travel has been maintained.

Resolved – That

  1. the update on progress, as shown in exempt Appendices 1, 2 & 3 be noted; and
  2. it also be noted that further updates will continue to be provided to the Resources and Productivity Sub-committee on a quarterly basis.

91. Any other urgent business

(Agenda item 5)

It was agreed to consider an item of late business relating to the award of a contract as an exempt item as it involved the disclosure of exempt information as detailed in paragraph 3 of Section 100a of the Local Government Act 1972.

92. Exclusion of press and public

(Agenda item 6)

Resolved – That under section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involved disclosure of exempt information as detailed in paragraph 3 of Schedule 12A to the above Act.

Summary of decisions made on exempt items

93. Exempt appendices to procurement strategy action plan

(Agenda item 7)

Information noted.

94. Project Mercury

(Agenda item 8)

Business case approved and recommendation relating to the award of this contract was adopted.

95. Award of forensic services contracts

(Agenda item 9)

Approval was given to the award of two short term contracts.

96. Exempt minutes of the meeting held on 4 April 2011

(Agenda item 10)

Confirmed and signed.

97. Any other urgent business award of contract for Hardware and Support Services

Recommendation relating to the award of this contract was adopted.

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