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Perth & Kinross Council tender contracts seminar
Claim and counter claim about local companies missing out on the opportunity to cash in on the new Perthshire brand in the run up to the G8 Summit in Gleneagles, has prompted a call for Perth and Kinross Council to hold a seminar which will clear up Perth and Kinross Councils tendering process.
Perth and Kinross is supposed to be promoting Perthshire, it has failed to practice what it preaches. Perth and Kinross Council issued a vigorous denial with a spokesperson insisting Perth and Kinross Council strongly rebuts any suggestion that decisions to allocate design and marketing projects are made on the basis of anything other than a clear and transparent procurement process, Local people are afforded an opportunity to submit proposals for key projects the spokesperson pointed out but said that Perth and Kinross Council is legally required to ensure it secures value for money.
Councillor John Lloyd said, In the wake of Perth and Kinross Graphic Design businesses failing to land any G8 contracts, how about a seminar on the tendering process for local companies? In my time as convener of the roads and transport, we were clients for the Perth Flood Prevention Scheme and the Tay Street enhancement programme. The very same charges were levelled at us by local contractors who expected a share of the £22 million cake. On looking into their complaints it transpired that some of them had not even tendered and some were even unsure of the process.
I suggested a seminar for local civil engineering contractors but our director of legal services, whose remit it was left, left. With charges and counter charges flying around in the wake of the G8 Summit graphics contract, may I suggest that in order to clear the air, Perth and Kinross Council on its own holds a seminar for local businesses. This would cover the tendering process from European level down to local level and I would expect it to be a robust two-way exercise with local companies suggesting improvements on our part.
The Courier Saturday February 26 2005
Eric Nicolson
Wonder exactly whose pockets are being lined - it 's certainly not the pockets of local business people.................!!
