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Gateway 3 Contract Award: Expansion and Relocation of Abbey Court Special School
Meeting: 11/02/2014 - Cabinet (Item 22)
22 Gateway 3 Contract Award: Abbey Court Expansion and Relocation - Design and Construction 
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Minutes:
Background:
This report provided details of the procurement related to the relocation and expansion of the Abbey Court School.
It was noted that Cabinet on 26 November 2013 had agreed the relocation of the school and expansion of provision of SLD (severe learning difficulties) and PMLD (pupils with profound and multiple learning difficulties provision) at Abbey Court Special School onto the former Temple Boys site (Cliffe Road, Strood). The Cabinet had also approved the use to the iESE South East and London construction framework managed by Hampshire County Council and the Abbey Court project was identified as the pilot project to utilise this framework.
It was noted that the Procurement Board had considered this report on 22 January 2014 and supported the recommendation as set out in the report.
An exempt appendix set details of the finance and whole-life costings, together with tender evaluation information.
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51/2014 |
The Cabinet approved the letting of the contract for design and construction of the Abbey Court School on the former Temple Secondary School site to Leadbitter Construction Limited, in accordance with paragraph 3.1 of the exempt appendix and achieving the outputs described in Section 3 of the report for the budget. |
Reasons:
This decision is in accordance with Cabinet’s approval for the relocation and expansion of the Abbey Court School on 26 November and the approved Targeted Basic Need funding from the Education Funding Agency for the provision of 68 additional spaces at Abbey Court School by September 2015.