Decision details

For the Head of PMO, Regeneration & Economic Development to approve the extension of the contract with ‘Balaam Murphy’ for additional work relating to ‘Wood Green Central’ from a value of £48,750 to a new value of £72,800.

The Wood Green Central Delivery Plan is an essential part of the future regeneration of Wood Green. It will help identity priorities for eight of the council’s assets in Wood Green

The consultant has been instrumental in the development of the project programme to date, coordinating joint working across the council, advising on the strategic work programme and identifying work to be undertaken in-house, reducing the scope of a major commission, ultimately saving the council money.

It is necessary to extend the consultant’s contract, in order to keep supporting the council in its role as an informed client, overseeing the commissioning of a multi-disciplinary team and the authoring of a delivery plan for council assets in Wood Green.

Another option is to do nothing and continue with the commission of a multi-disciplinary team with the assistance of Balaam Murphy. However, as the council currently lacks this type of specialist resource in-house, there is a risk that the council’s priorities for the delivery plan are not properly articulated which risks leading to abortive work at a later date, resulting in unsatisfactory outputs that do not deliver on the objectives of the initial vision for either project.