City Governance Committee - 01/09/2025

At a MEETING of the CITY GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE held remotely on 1st September, 2025.

 

Present:-

 

Lord Provost Bill CAMPBELL

Depute Lord Provost Kevin CORDELL

 

BAILIES

 

Will DAWSON	Kevin KEENAN	Christina ROBERTS
Willie SAWERS	Helen WRIGHT	Derek SCOTT
	Fraser MACPHERSON

 

COUNCILLORS

 

Heather ANDERSON	Steven ROME	Dorothy McHUGH
Jimmy BLACK	Lynne SHORT	George McIRVINE
Nadia EL-NAKLA	Roisin SMITH	Wendy SCULLIN
Mark FLYNN	Siobhan TOLLAND	Pete SHEARS
Stewart HUNTER	Georgia CRUICKSHANK	Daniel COLEMAN
Ken LYNN	Jax FINNEGAN	Michael CRICHTON
Lee MILLS		Craig DUNCAN

 

Councillor Mark FLYNN, Convener, in the Chair.

 

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 18th August, 2025 was held as read.

 

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

 

I DECLARATION OF INTEREST

 

There were no declarations of interest.

 

II CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES SERVICE PLAN 2023/2027

 

There was submitted Report No 241-2025 by the Executive Director of Children and Families Service, providing the Committee with the second 6 month update on progress with the Children and Families Service Plan 2023/2027, as detailed in Appendix 1 to the report. The plan was approved by the Committee on 4th September, 2023 (Report No 185-2023).

 

The Committee agreed to note the continued progress being made in respect of the Service Plan and requested the Executive Director of Children and Families Service to provide a further update in six months.

 

III ANNUAL PROCUREMENT REPORT AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS UPDATE 2024/2025

 

There was submitted Report No 224-2025 by the Executive Director of Corporate Services, notifying the Committee of the Annual Procurement Report for the Council, which provided a summary of the procurement activity undertaken in the year 2024/2025 and detailed the future planned procurement activity of the Corporate Procurement Team. The report also included an update on Community Wealth Building (incorporating Community Benefits) activity undertaken within the city throughout this reporting period.

 

The Committee agreed to note the information included in the report and that the Annual Procurement Report would now be published on the Councils website, as required by the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014.

 

IV PROCUREMENT OF A CONTRACT FOR MOBILE WORK SCHEDULING AND REPAIRS SOFTWARE

 

There was submitted Joint Report No 239-2025 by the Executive Directors of Neighbourhood Services and Corporate Services, seeking approval to enter into a contract for Mobile Working, Scheduling and Repairs software.

 

The Committee agreed:-

 

(i) to approve the direct award of a 15 month contract to Total Mobile, following a negotiated procedure as outlined in paragraph 5.2 of the report; and

 

(ii) to note that a further report would be brought back to Committee detailing the findings of an external review of information technology systems in Housing and Construction Services.

 

V SOURCING STRATEGY AND AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR AN ONLINE SCHOOL PAYMENT SYSTEM

 

There was submitted Report No 242-2025 by the Executive Director of Children and Families Service, presenting a summary of the sourcing strategy as outlined in Section 5 of the report and seeking approval to secure supply of an online school payments system.

 

The Committee agreed:-

 

(i) to approve the Sourcing Strategy as detailed in Section 5 of the report;

 

(ii) to agree to the extension of contracts arranged by Tayside Procurement Consortium via mini competition under Scotland Excels Online School Payments Framework 0520 (TPC Ref: TPC/CCS/22/02) with Parent Pay; and

 

(iii) to approve the award of a one year contract extension, with the option to extend by two further years as outlined in paragraph 5.3 to the report.

 

 

 

 

Mark FLYNN, Convener.