Items for sale
From time to time, Carlisle City Council may make items
available for sale.
Assets for disposal are identified and
are disposed of at the most appropriate time, and only when it is
in the best interests of the Council, and best price is obtained,
bearing in mind other factors, such as environmental issues.
Where items are damaged beyond
reasonable repair, or they are considered to be so obsolete as to
be of no further use, they should be recycled or sent to the refuse
tip, unless a preferred user wishes to take the items away at no
cost to the Authority.
Preferred users include Community
Centres and other Authority supported agencies (e.g. Citizens
Advice Bureau, Council for Voluntary Services, Carlisle Community
Law Centre, BRAG), Charities and non–profit making bodies, LEA
schools and other Public Service bodies.
Should no preferred user be found, the
items may be offered to members of staff, who should be asked to
make a bid and given sufficient time to ensure proper scope for a
competitive response.
For items of significant value,
disposal should be by competitive tender or public auction.
The above procedures do not apply to
the disposal of vehicles, which are always subject to sale via
auction, nor to computer equipment, which, unless it can be
re-used within the authority or selected preferred users, are
securely destroyed and recycled in accordance with The
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations
2006 (external link).
For more information, please see Asset Disposal in the Council Constitution and Financial Procedure
Rules.