Report attached.

Cabinet:

1.     Approved the procurement of a two-stage tender process via Lot 1 of the Fusion 21 Refurbishment, Construction,New Build and Modular Buildings Framework for building safety remedial/improvement works to the Council’s high-riskbuildings,comprising Pre-Construction Services (Stage 1) and Works (Stage 2), with a total indicative value of £13.4 million. 

2.     Approved a waiver of the Council’s default evaluation criteria of 70% Price: 30% Quality and instead award the contracts on the MEAT basis of a 60% Quality, 30% Price, and 10% Social Value weighting for the reasons set out in Section 4 of this report, Procurement Proposals. 

3.     Delegatedthe approval of the award of the Pre-Construction Services Agreement (Stage 1) and the works contract (Stage 2) to the Strategic Director of Place, acting in consultation with the Strategic Director of Resources and the Deputy Director of Legal & Governance. 

4.     Delegated the change of procurement route from a framework to a Dynamic Procurement system (DPS), if required, to the Strategic Director of Place.