Decision details

This report seeks the approval of two procurement strategies relating to the redevelopment of four sites situated at: Barclay Close, Becklow Gardens, Land behind The Grange and Land Adjacent to Jepson House. The procurement of professional services for both a Design Team and a Control Team is to enable the delivery of new genuinely affordable homes. Across the 4 sites capacity studies demonstrate 80 new homes could be delivered with a minimum of 50% being affordable.

That the Cabinet Member for the Economy:

1.          Approves the procurement strategy (Appendix 1 of the report), for the appointment of a professional multi-disciplinary ‘Design Team’, to include a lead architect and other design related services such as landscape architects, civil and structural engineers, mechanical and electrical engineers, planning consultant, sustainability and energy advisers for the estimated total value of £4,000,000, on all four projects.

2.          Approve the procurement strategy (Appendix 2 of the report), for the appointment of a multi-disciplinary ‘Control Team’ of project management, cost consultancy, employer’s agent, client sustainability adviser, clerk of works, BIM Coordinator, CDM Principal Designer and Health and Safety Advisor services and the like, for the estimated total value of £2,500,000, on all four projects.

The reason for the decision to undertake these procurements is to secure contracts for services to design and manage the design process for the four sites which collectively could deliver 80 new homes in the borough, of which a minimum of 50% will be affordable.

The Procurement Strategies for the Design Team and the Control Team (see Appendices 1 and 2 respectively), set out the following procurement options:

·       Option 1 - Do nothing

·       Option 2 - Open market procurement exercise

·       Option 3 - Use of existing third-party framework

After review of the options, and on balance, both Procurement Strategies recommend the use of a preferred third-party framework.