Cabinet agreed:

1.    To award preferred bidder status for a 2 stage construction contract for the construction of Balgores Special School to Galliford Try Ltd; and

2.    To award Galliford Try Ltd a stage 1 Pre Contract Service Agreement (PCSA) for the development of the designs  associated with the new school at a value of  2,328,096.

Cabinet noted that:

1.    The PCSA contract length is anticipated at 51 weeks.

2.    Following completion of services under the PCSA, a further report will be brought to Cabinet with a recommendation for award of a construction contract at Stage 2.

Report: Award of a Pre-Contract Service Agreement to develop the designs for the new Balgores Special School.

Presented by: Councillor Paul McGeary, Cabinet Member for Housing & Property

Summary:

A report detailed the procurement process to appoint a developer to design and offer firm price for the delivery of the new Special School on the Balgores Field on Balgores Ln, Gidea Park, Romford RM2 6BS, in order to provide Havering resident children with special educational needs with the educational care they required. Details were provided of the financial (capital) implications of the project and a master programme was also given, to identify where this report sat within the larger governance pathway associated with this development.

It was agreed that updates on progress with the construction of the school should be given to Overview and Scrutiny.

Cabinet agreed:

1.    To award preferred bidder status for a 2 stage construction contract for the construction of Balgores Special School to Galliford Try Ltd; and

2.    To award Galliford Try Ltd a stage 1 Pre Contract Service Agreement (PCSA) for the development of the designs  associated with the new school at a value of  2,328,096.

Cabinet noted that:

1.    The PCSA contract length is anticipated at 51 weeks.

2.    Following completion of services under the PCSA, a further report will be brought to Cabinet with a recommendation for award of a construction contract at Stage 2.