Issue - meetings

RESOLVED:

That Cabinet agrees:

1. To award the construction contract (using the JCT 2005 form of contract, with contractor’s design) for the projects in the Housing Revenue Account  (HRA) Pipeline Programme for which funding has been allocated by the Homes and Communities Agency to Bidder 5 at a contract sum of £6,437,838.

2. To expenditure of up to £994,793 in professional, legal and survey fees and other capital costs associated with the delivery of these projects, including interest incurred during the construction period and the capitalised cost of staff time.

3. To a contingency sum of £615,677 being made available to the project.

4. To withdraw the exempt nature of relevant parts of the report solely for Officers of the Council to use to provide public information about this initiative and for other related purposes.

Reasons for decision

Cabinet’s decision meant that the first phase of homes to be developed via the HRA Pipeline Programme could commence. Cabinet considered that the tender submitted by Bidder 5 in the report was the most economically advantageous tender submitted to construct the homes.

Cabinet agreed further identified costs in relation to fees expended to date to achieve planning permission and procure the construction contract for the projects and to appoint professional consultants to ensure that new homes were constructed to a high standard.

At the meeting, the Cabinet also resolved to withdraw the exemption status of relevant sections of the report purely for Council Officers to undertake publicity and related activities.

Alternative options considered and rejected

Cabinet could have accepted an alternative tender which was not the most economically advantageous of all those submitted, or have accepted no tender at all.

Officer to action:

Mazhar Ali, Adult Social Care, Health & Housing

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.