Category: Procurement problems
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A blank canvas?
We have been promised by the council that after the development agreement is signed with St Joseph – Berkeley Group, the masterplanning process will start from a ‘blank canvas’ – meaning that no demolition is planned yet, no Compulsory Purchase Orders have been decided upon, and that no one yet knows who will have to…
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Questions for the council: Sole bidding. Isn’t Ladywood entitled to best practices?
Sole bidding is not best practice The bidding process as it is described in the 2023 Cabinet Report largely reflects articles 40.1 and 40.2 of the 2015 Public Contracts Regulations. Article 40.1 enables contracting authorities to “conduct market consultations with a view to preparing the procurement and informing economic operators of their procurement plans and…
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Full video of 27 June cabinet meeting approving compulsory purchase in principle
Watch from 5:27 https://birmingham.public-i.tv/core/portal/webcast_interactive/778000?force_language_code=en_GB Some striking things – our Councillors apparently had no words advocating for our interests, a promise of ‘like for like’ for council properties, and zero mention of what will happen to all the non-council built properties and that are inside the red line
