Agenda and draft minutes
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Apologies for absence To receive any apologies for absence. Minutes: None |
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Declarations of interest A member with a disclosable pecuniary interest or a prejudicial interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at which the matter is considered:
(i) must disclose the interest at the start of the meeting or when the interest becomes apparent, and (ii) may not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must withdraw from the meeting room.
A member who discloses at a meeting a disclosable pecuniary interest which is not registered in the Register of Members’ Interests or the subject of a pending notification must notify the Monitoring Officer of the interest within 28 days of the disclosure.
Disclosable pecuniary interests, personal interests and prejudicial interests are defined at Paragraphs 5-7 and Appendix A of the Members’ Code of Conduct Minutes: None |
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Civic Centre Project - Hawkins Brown Design Ltd Contract Award Minutes: The Cabinet Member for Council Housebuilding, Placemaking and Development considered the report which sought approval to rectify an error made in the contract award report approved by Cabinet in October 2021. The previous report requested that the contract be awarded to Hawkins Brown Ltd, which was not the name of the company that was the preferred bidder that submitted the tender for the contract. The correct company is Hawkins Brown Design Ltd.
Assurances were provided to the Cabinet Member that the content of the report had not changed, and that the contract itself had been award to the correct company (Hawkins Brown Design Ltd). The purpose of this decision was to amend the mistake in the original report only, and not to change any other element of the contract award.
The Cabinet Member RESOLVED 1. To approve, in accordance with Contract Standing Order 9.07.1d, the revised award of the contract for RIBA stages 2-6 design services for the Civic Centre refurbishment project to Hawkins Brown Design Ltd instead of to Hawkins Brown Ltd for the maximum sum of £3,110,999.89.
Reasons for decision
Cabinet confirmed their
commitment to the Civic Centre project in January 2022, approving
the project business case and design development up to Planning
Application stage. Revising approval of
the contract award to confirm that the approval should have been to
award the contract to Hawkins Brown Design Ltd and not to Hawkins
Brown Ltd will allow the formal contract to be concluded with the
appropriate company and allow design development to continue, as
per Cabinet’s wishes, with the formal contract in
place. The decision taken by Cabinet to invest in the Civic Centre provides for the quickest delivery of high-quality Council Civic headquarters in Wood Green. This decision was made in the context of the Civic Centre’s listing and the need to spend a significant sum on the building in any case to protect it. Concluding the Hawkins Brown Design Ltd contract and progressing the remaining RIBA Stages will allow the Council to realise this ambition.
The report recommends approving a revised award of the multi-disciplinary design services contract to Hawkins Brown Design Ltd for RIBA Stages 2-6, which was the intention in October 2021. Cabinet approval in October 2021 of the award to Hawkins Brown Ltd was done based on an error in the drafting of the report to Cabinet. The Council has progressed work on future working styles and locality presence which helped inform the decision taken in January 2022 to continue with the project to refurbish the existing Civic Centre and develop the former car park site. The decision to approve the revised contract award will allow the Council to progress the true intentions of the October 2021 report and allow the Council to work to outcomes of the January 2022 report.
Alternative options considered
Following the decision in January 2022, to restore, refurbish and extend the Civic Centre and bring the building back into use by the Council as its new Headquarters and Civic ... view the full minutes text for item 3. |