Issue - meetings

This is a Council approved scheme with planning permission for the development granted in August 2014 and an approved budget in 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 to deliver the scheme. The purpose of the report is to seek approval to appoint a build contractor for the development of 16 properties on Site D of Ockford Ridge and to enter into all ancillary agreements relating to the scheme.

Recommendation

It is recommended that the Executive:

1.    approves the appointment of the preferred build contractor following the successful completion of the tender process, in accordance with the Council’s Contract Procedure Rules, subject to the contract sum being within the approved budget;

2.    authorises the Head of Strategic Housing and Delivery to formally award the contract to, and enter into a contract with, the successful tenderer in consultation with the Director of Finance and Resources and the Portfolio Holders for Housing and Finance; and

3.    authorises to enter into all ancillary agreements relating to the scheme, in accordance with the Council’s Contract Procedure Rules.

[This item contains exempt information by virtue of which the public is likely to be excluded during the item to which the report relates, as specified in Paragraph 3 of the revised Part I of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972, namely:-

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RESOLVED  that

1.            the appointment of the preferred build contractor be approved following the successful completion of the tender process, in accordance with the Council’s Contract Procedure Rules, subject to the contract sum being within the approved budget;

2.            the Head of Strategic Housing and Delivery be authorised to formally award the contract to, and enter into a contract with, the successful tenderer in consultation with the Director of Finance and Resources and the Portfolio Holders for Housing and Finance; and

3.         authority be given to enter into all ancillary agreements relating to the scheme, in accordance with the Council’s Contract Procedure Rules.

[Reason: to seek approval for appointing a build contractor]