Issue - decisions

This report recommends that the Cabinet Member for the Economy:

1.    Notes that appendices 1, 2, 3 and 4 are exempt from disclosure on the grounds that they contain information relating to the financial or business affairs of a particular person (including the authority holding that information) under Paragraph 3 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, and in all circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

2.    Approves the award of a contract of £49,142,058 to Higgins Partnership PLC for the design and construction of the Hartopp and Lannoy development through to practical completion, subsequent to Cabinet approval of the procurement strategy in June 2022, and Full Council approval of the capital budget in July 2022.

3.    Approves the contingency set out in exempt appendix 3 for this contract.