Decision details

RESOLVED:

That Cabinet:

1. Approve the Major Construction Project Team’s recommendation, in agreement with the LEA, to award the construction contract to Priory Gate, who are the proposed contractor offering best value.

2. Note and agree that the analysis contained within this report recommends the approval and acceptance of the tender from Priory Gate Construction for a contract value not exceeding £1.547m and additional approval for provisional sums for School Furniture, IT equipment and Project Contingency giving a total of £2.285m as detailed in Table 4 within this report.

Reason for decision

Cabinet agreed to award a construction contract to a suitably qualified and experienced contractor to construct a 2-storey extension building and extension to the existing school and a library to be used for the expansion of Longmead Primary School. In doing so, Cabinet were aware that the Major Construction Projects Team, in conjunction with the Local Education Authority (LEA), had assessed the tenders and agreed that the tender submitted by Priory Gate Construction provided best value to the Council.

Alternative options considered and rejected

Cabinet could have decided not to proceed with the construction phase of the project and external funding for this project would have been lost. The school would also not have been able to provide the need for additional primary school places in the West Drayton area and the standard of accommodation that the school’s staff and pupils require would have suffered.

Officers to action:

Bill King &Graham Davies, Deputy Chief Executive’s Office

Exempt Information

This report was included in Part II as it contained information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the Authority holding that information) and the public interest in withholding the information outweighed the public interest in disclosing it (exempt information under paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985 as amended.