Decision details

Further to the cabinet report in August delegating the order of new furniture to the Executive Director Place (now Deputy Chief Executive), the council has entered into contract with Jenkinsons as our furniture supplier and this order for furniture is in addition to the previous order for desks and task chairs for the new Spindles Workspace.

The contract order is required to ensure the Spindles workspace can become operational. New furniture is required to facilitate the new ways of working prior as staff transition from the Civic Centre into the new workspace from January 2024.

RESOLVED - That: the furniture order with Jenkinsons be completed.

Option 1 - Complete the furniture order with Jenkinsons that has undergone a value engineering exercise. This will allow the Spindles Workspace project to move forward to completion and staff to transition over to the new workspace early next year.

Option 2 - Do not purchase the furniture, this will halt the relocation of staff into an environment that supports new ways of working, providing a modern and efficient workspace whilst also preventing the opportunity to generate revenue savings and redevelop the Civic Centre site for homes within Oldham.

Option 2

None