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Legal services to support procurement and set-up of the City Leap Energy Partnership.

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Decision Maker: Director: Management of Place

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

Establishment of the City Leap Energy Partnership will have significant benefits for the carbon footprint and energy costs of the entire city of Bristol.
This is of interest to all Councillors who supported a motion in November 2018 to put a Bristol on a trajectory to be zero carbon by 2030.

Decision:

To award a contract to Burges Salmon for provision of Legal services.

Alternative options considered:

Option 1 - That all Legal Services required for successful procurement of a City Leap strategic partner could be achieved through the Council’s legal teams. This was rejected due to lack of resource to meet the project timeline, the skills required to follow a new regulated process, and required reliance on the indemnity cover of an external legal firm.
Option 2 -
Option 3 -

Publication date: 21/06/2019

Date of decision: 19/06/2019