Decision details

Provision of additional official veterinary services at the Imported Food Office

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Decisions:

RESOLVED:

 

That the Cabinet:

 

1.    Approve the variation to the Senlac Associates contract for provision of Veterinary Services at the Imported Food Office (IFO) to change the number of Official Veterinarians from five to eight over the period from 29 April 2024 to 31 March 2026, noting that this will be at an additional cost of £721,402.

 

2.    Ratify the new fees & charges implemented at the Imported Food office as set out in the report, which were approved by the Leader of the Council under urgency measures, due to DEFRA enacting changes to border controls on EU imports.

 

Reasons for decision

 

Cabinet agreed to vary the existing veterinary services contract at the Imported Food Office, Heathrow Airport, to increase the number of official veterinarians to meet the introduction of additional checks on medium-risk animal products from the EU, noting that this would be recovered through new fees and charges from importers, agreed recently by the Leader of the Council.

 

Alternative options considered and rejected

 

None, as the Council would fail to meet its statutory obligations.

 

Relevant Select Committee

Residents’ Services

Expiry date for any scrutiny call-in / date decision can be implemented (if no call-in)

Cabinet’s decision No.1 can be called in by a majority of the Select Committee by 5pm, 3 June 2024. If not called-in, it can be implemented after this time/date. Cabinet’s decision No.2 to ratify the fees set out cannot be called-in.

Officer(s) to action

Samantha Doherty – Imported Food Office?? 

Directorate

Place

Classification

Private - Whilst the Cabinet's decisions above are always made public, the officer report relating to this matter is not because it was considered in the private part of the meeting and contained information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the Authority holding that information) and the public interest in withholding the information outweighed the public interest in disclosing it in accordance with Section 100(A) and paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12 (A) to the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended).

 

 

Publication date: 24/05/2024

Date of decision: 23/05/2024

Decided at meeting: 23/05/2024 - CABINET

Effective from: 04/06/2024

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