Issue - meetings

The Cabinet Member for Finance, Performance and Core Services presented a report on a proposed waiver to enable the appointment of a construction contractor for the Margaret Bondfield Avenue Temporary Accommodation Project.

The Leader explained that as with the previous item, the project involved under-used parcels of vacant land to provide much needed temporary accommodation using pioneering methods of construction, which would be under the Council’s management. 

Cabinet resolved to:

(i)  Waive the requirement to tender in accordance with the Council’s Contract Rules and agree that the Council proceeds with the direct award of the Pre-Construction Services Agreement (PCSA) and main contract to Jerram Falkus Construction Limited to undertake the construction of 15 new homes at the Margaret Bondfield Avenue site for a total contract sum of circa £2.6m; and

(ii)  Authorise the Director of Inclusive Growth, in consultation with the Cabinet Members Regeneration and Social Housing and Finance, Performance and Core Services, the Director of Law and Governance and the Chief Operating Officer, to award and enter into the PCSA and main contracts with Jerram Falkus Construction Limited for the described works.