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Report Title: Award of the Main Contract for the Construction of Balgores Special School

Presented by: Councillor Oscar Ford (Cabinet Member, Children’s Services)

Cabinet:

1)         Approved the award of a JCT Design and Build Contract (with LBH Amendments) to Galliford Try Ltd for the construction of the new special educational needs school on Balgores Field, Balgores Lane, Romford, for the value of £ 38,552,461, subject to grant of Planning Approvals as set out within this report; and

2)         Agreed to enter into all associated documentation.

Report Title: Award of the Main Contract for the Construction of Balgores Special School

Presented by: Councillor Oscar Ford (Cabinet Member, Children’s Services)

Summary:

This report provides a summary of the Balgores School project, with recommendations to award the main contract to construct the school following the successful completion of Stage 1 (the Pre-Construction Services Contract) and the provision of a firm price for Stage 2 - construction of the new Special School on the Balgores Field on Balgores Lane, Gidea Park, to provide the children of Havering with special educational needs with the educational care they require.

Cabinet:

1)         Approved the award of a JCT Design and Build Contract (with LBH Amendments) to Galliford Try Ltd for the construction of the new special educational needs school on Balgores Field, Balgores Lane, Romford, for the value of £ 38,552,461, subject to grant of Planning Approvals as set out within this report; and

2)         Agreed to enter into all associated documentation.