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Gateway 3 Contact Award and Final Business Case: Wainscott Primary School Expansion to 2 Form of Entry

Meeting: 18/12/2012 - Cabinet (Item 15)

15 Gateway 3 Contact Award: Wainscott Primary School: New Buildings for Expansion to Two Forms of Entry PDF 60 KB

Minutes:

Background:

This report provided details of the Final Business Case (FBC) for the expansion of the buildings at Wainscott Primary School to accommodate two forms of entry following consideration at the Procurement Board on 28 November 2012, along with the associated contract documents, and sought Cabinet approval to finalise the formal contract with BAM Construction Limited, within the funding available and identified in the body of the report.

An exempt appendix set out the FBC together with the funding sources and life-cycle costings.

Decision number:	Decision:
230/2012	The Cabinet approved the Final Business Case for the expansion of Wainscott Primary School to 2 forms of entry.
231/2012	The Cabinet agreed the award of the contract to construct new buildings for Wainscott Primary School to BAM Construction Limited using the EFA Design & Build Lump Sum Contract for use with the EFA Contractor Framework and to delegate authority to the Director of Children and Adult Services, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Children’s Services and the Assistant Director of Legal & Corporate Services to finalise the contract.

Reasons:

The use of theEFA National Framework for the procurement of the Design and Build Contractor is the best option to allow delivery of the new school buildings within the desired timeframes and is the procurement route approved within the Outline Business Case.