Herefordshire Council set to decide this week whether to award a three year contract, at a cost of £1,784,859 for staff to monitor the council’s CCTV cameras and CCTV and security staff to work within the Maylord Orchard Centre.
The council’s county wide CCTV service has been in operation since June 2003. Since this time the CCTV cameras have been proactively monitored through a commissioned staffing
Approval to carry out a competitive tender exercise for a new contract to monitor the council’s CCTV cameras and CCTV and security staff to work within the Maylord Orchard Centre was granted on 16 May 2022 based on an anticipated cost of up to £1.3m.
Due to current economic uncertainties and rising inflation, the outcome of the tender process resulted in a cost in excess of the £1.3m anticipated in the brief.
The council received four compliant tenders in response to the procurement process ranging in value from £1.8m to £2m. Enigma CCTV Ltd were selected based on this evaluation process. The total cost of their tender is £1.8m against the original tender value of £1.3m. This includes a year on year allowance for inflationary costs that the council would need to meet via the contract.
The CCTV service provided by the council and on behalf of the town councils’ is critical to community safety and wellbeing. The tendering of the service ensures it will continue for the next five years, and reflects the latest market tested costs. Whilst the tendered costs are higher than anticipated, the council document says that this reflects an enhanced service, and the current economic conditions in terms of inflation. Inflationary cost increases/ contributions are included in the current city and market town service level agreements.
A decision is set to be made tomorrow (Wednesday 24th August).
