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Gateway 3 Contract Award: Medway Tunnel Systems
Meeting: 09/11/2010 - Cabinet (Item 132)
132 Gateway 3 Contract Award: Medway Tunnel Systems 
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Minutes:
This report provided details of the proposed improvements to the Medway Tunnel’s control system through a variation to the existing contract with Vital Technology. The original contract with Vital Technology (for the replacement of the Medway Tunnel Electronic Control System) had been awarded by Cabinet in November 2009 and the report set out the improvements that would arise from the variation to the contract including a tunnel radio system, a vehicle and incident detection system and various alterations and improvements to the control rooms and offices.
The Procurement Board considered this report on 20 October 2010 and its comments were set out in paragraph 9 of the report.
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Decision number: |
Decision: |
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192/2010 |
The Cabinet approved the award of the additional works to Vital Technology and an exemption to contract rules to allow a variation of greater than 50% of contract value of the existing contract with Vital Technology. |
Reasons:
To upgrade the tunnel systems as quickly and economically as possible and with the minimum disruption to traffic.