Issue - meetings

Received a report from the Corporate Director of Children’s Services on proposals to progress the development of a Skills Centre in Barking Town Centre.

Agreed, in order to assist the Council to achieve its Community Priorities, to:

(i)  Ratify the decision to tender for a contract for design and build of the Skills Centre through the use of the existing construction framework agreement;

(ii)  The appointment of Kier London to undertake the Stage 1 section of a two-stage design and build tender on the terms set out in the report, subject to appropriate due diligence;

(iii)  Authorise the Corporate Director of Children’s Services to implement the decision in consultation with the Divisional Director of Finance and the Legal Partner; and

(iv)  The provisional capital budget and prudential borrowing requirement as set out in the report, subject to a further report once the full capital and revenue costs have been established.