Decision details

RESOLVED:

1          That Cabinet accept the tender submitted by P. Brady (Contractors) Ltd. in the sum of £722,344.20, which officers consider offers the Council best value.

2          That Cabinet approves the virement of £512k from the allocated section 106 capital funding, previously released to the ECS budget for the Pinkwell School expansion.

Reasons for decision

Cabinet agreed to accept a tender for the construction of a new single storey extension to provide a new multi-purpose hall facility; together with redevelopment of the existing hall to provide a Children’s Centre for Pinkwell Primary School, Pinkwell Lane.

Alternative options considered and rejected

Cabinet could have not accepted any tender, in which case the project would not have been able to proceed.

Officer to action:

Eileen Nicholson, Major Construction Projects, Planning & Community Services

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.