The Director of Environment and Housing agreed to;
Note that the original approval to inject money into the capital programme granted by Executive Board in July 2012 will remain in place as a ‘parent’ scheme, with subsequent schemes being brought forward as sub-schemes on an individual business case basis, for which separate approvals will be sought.
Authorise spend of £434,254 on the delivery of the energy saving improvements to Tropical World described in this report, to be made up of:
Note that another DCR has been prepared by CPM for consideration by Civic Enterprise Leeds (CEL), which links to this overall scheme and contributes £55,937 to this scheme.
Delegate authority for the Chief Officer of Parks & Countryside to sign a loan agreement to allow part of the funding (£41,719) to be provided by the council’s Salix Energy Recycling Scheme (SERS).
Waive contract procedure rules (CPRs) 8 and 9 (in accordance with CPR27) in order to award contracts without competition to the contractors who will be used to deliver the scheme as listed below and any other contractors which in the opinion of the Chief Officer of Parks and Countryside are required to deliver the scheme:
· Sayes
· Synergise
· RIM
· Matrix
· Redding Associates
Authorise the immediate issue of purchase orders for the biomass boiler and air handling units (total cost of £106,550) in order to maintain the programme for delivery of the scheme.