UK: Plant supply contract for council without a nursery
And it has emerged that the deal to grow bedding plants for Kirklees was done behind councillors’ backs.
The Examiner has learned that the huge contract – that allows Kirklees’ own nursery to be closed – was won by Darlington Council last year.
But the deal was signed before senior councillors sanctioned the closure of Bradley Nurseries at a cabinet meeting last Tuesday. Figures on a contract website said the deal was worth £330,000 but Kirklees Council insist that was the limit of the tender and the actual cost is £31,420.
Since then the Examiner has discovered that Darlington Council has shut its own nursery and put it up for sale for housing.
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