To award a contract to ODS for the construction of Bullingdon Community Centre.  This follows a decision by Cabinet on 19 December 2019 to (i) grant project approval and (ii) delegate authority to award the contract to ODS to the Executive Director (Customer and Communities).  This delegation is now within the remit of the Executive Director (Communities and People).

To confirm the award of a contract with a value of £1,396,495 to ODS for the construction of a replacement building at Bullingdon Community Centre.

The decision enables delivery of the new community centre in accordance with the Cabinet decision of 19 December 2019 to grant project approval and authorise the award of the contract.

ODS was appointed on an ‘open book’ basis, to allow intervention and value engineering at each elemental stage of works.  A contract sum agreed prior to commencement would have been the alternative, but would have seen the inclusion of a fluctuation clause or a high addition of risk sums included in the tender sum.

A contract has been drafted and agreed by Legal Services and is now ready to be signed to confirm award.

Any variations to the total contract sum will be covered contractually by the issue of Variation Orders following the award of the contract.

Alternative options were set out in the report to Cabinet on 19 December 2019 and were not preferred for the reasons given.

Decision taken by Stephen Gabriel, Executive Director (Communities and People) in consultation with Nigel Kennedy, Head of Financial Services / S151 Officer; Susan Sale, Head of Law and Governance; and Carolyn Ploszynski, Head of Regeneration and Economy.