The decision to renew expiring “high impact” contracts by Liverpool Council is to be looked at again to see what measures are being put in place to ensure errors are not repeated.
Last month, the local authority’s cabinet agreed to a costly renewal of 13 contracts that had either run out or were on the brink of expiring. A range of agreements were allowed to end or were perilously close to being void following a review of all the council’s procurement deals after the expensive energy contract debacle. These included community based help for people at risk of homelessness, supporting more than 1,000 households.
The cabinet decision will now go before the council’s audit committee next week who will scrutinise the move. The failure of the council to sort its contracts out attracted criticism from Mayor Joanne Anderson and the government appointed commissioners.
