Decision details

RESOLVED:

That Cabinet notes the tenders from Sutcliffe Play Ltd to construct the 11 play areas for phase 1 of the Playbuilder Scheme and delegates the decision to the Cabinet Members for Education & Children Services and Finance and Business Services for each of the individual sites, subject to:

1. Full capital release approval and;
2. Site by site consultation with Ward Councillors.

Reasons for decision

Cabinet noted the tender evaluation to build the 11 play areas in 2009/10 which it agreed would be subject to further approvals by relevant Cabinet Members and local consultation before any decisions were made.

Alternative options considered

Cabinet could have decided not to proceed with any tendering process, which would have had a direct impact in the funding of the sites by the Department for Children, Families and Schools.

Officers to action:

Alison Booth, Education & Children’s Services

Stephanie Jenkins, Environment and Consumer Protection

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.