Issue - meetings

[To be introduced by the Cabinet Member for Children and Families. Report of the  Director of Children’s Services.] To award a construction contract for works to the Church Lane Site of St Mary's CE Primary School.

The Cabinet  Member for Children and Families introduced the report which sought approval to award a contract for construction works to be undertaken on the St Mary’s CE Primary School building located on the Church Lane site so the school can accommodate an additional form of entry as allowed under CSO 9.06.1.d and be ready to include additional pupils in September 2016.

RESOLVED

1.    To appoint T&B (Contractors) Ltd in the amount of £686,663.60 for a contract period of 27 weeks. To allow timely delivery of the project to enable accommodation of an additional form of entry by September 2016.

2.    To approve the issuance of a Letter of Intent not exceeding 10% of the contract sum.

Reasons for decision

To award a contract which will enable the timely mobilisation and construction works to St Marys CE Primary School Church Lane Site which aims to support the Council’s requirement for additional school places from September 2016.

Alternative options considered

The proposed expansion of St Mary’s CE Primary School is expected to support additional cohorts from September 2016. A do nothing option would not support local demand for additional pupil places.

Four contractors were invited to tender and therefore considered to undertake the required construction works at St Marys CE Primary School Church Lane site. The tenderers proposals were evaluated using a 60% quality and 40% price weighting and on this basis the recommended contractor is deemed to be the most economically advantageous tender representing the best value option to deliver the required works.