Decision details

To consider the report of the Education Capital Programme Manager.  Following recommendations from Council's Capital Board and Approval of urgent request by Chair of OSMC delegating Director of Services to sign the contract for £675,374 to progress with the works.

Having complied with the requirements of Rule 16 (urgency) of the Access to Information procedure Rules, it is recommended:

  (i)  To approve officer delegated decision i.e. Service Director Children, Families and Education to sign the contract for £675,374 to commence the works.

1.  This report is submitted for consideration as urgent under Rule 16 of the Access to Information procedure Rules in part 4 of the Council’s Constitution, notice having been given to the Chair of Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee and the public. The matter requires an urgent decision and cannot be deferred for 5 clear days.

2.  The works are scheduled to be carried out in summer holidays ready for September. Due to single bid received, we need to ensure that we sign the contract ASAP so that works can commence for readiness by September. Any delays, may result in contractor withdrawing their bid and as a result the project may be delayed to next year. This means we will not have spaces for children for September which is not an option.

At this late stage there is very difficult to implement any alternative option, therefore due to the timing, there is no feasible alternative option.