Decision details

The Director of Childrens & Families agreed to:

1. Approve the expenditure of £3,000,000 from capital scheme number 32450/BEE/000 for the expansion of Beecroft Primary School. This figure is inclusive of all construction costs, professional services, necessary supporting costs and a client held contingency commensurate with a project of this scale and complexity. This is to be funded from the combined £3m allocated to the expansion of Beecroft Primary approved at the December 2016 (DDN D43998) and February 2018 (DDN D46256) Executive Boards.

2. Note that the figure detailed above is includes £868,416 of previous approvals required to facilitate the ‘Early Works’ package (DDN D46271).

3. Sanction the requirement to enter into a contractual agreement with the LLEP for ICL to deliver the expansion at Beecroft Primary School. This will take the form of a 2016 JCT Design & Build contact between the authority and Leeds D&B One Ltd for the sum of £2,522,512. For contractual purposes this figure includes previous approvals, totalling £868,416, required to facilitate the ‘Early Works’ package.

4. Authorise acceptance of the tender submitted by the LLEP in the sum of £2,522,512.40, including all design and development fees but exclusive of LLEP management and consultant fees.