Decision details

Appointment of Charles Ramsden to act as an EA/QS and Multi-Disciplinary services on the scheme known as 26 Harvey House

Decision Maker: Head of Housing Development

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Decision:

Approve an award of Contract to Charles Ramsden under Contract Standing Order (CSO) 9.07.1c.


Reasons for the decision:

With the mutual contract termination of the previous EA, Silver DCC have extensive knowledge of the site, challenges, and are best placed to provide quality EA services from Riba stage 1 (Prep & Brief) to Riba stage 7 – (EoD)

Alternative options considered:

Option considered to appoint all consultant services separately. However, this option was discounted due to the lower construction value of the scheme. Consequently, these services were packaged together to encourage a more value for money service. This approach has enabled the Council to engage with a multi-disciplinary consultancy that has extensive experience in providing these services for Council schemes of various sizes, and most importantly has fundamental insight into the council ER’s and GLA requirements.

Publication date: 25/11/2025

Date of decision: 25/11/2025