Decision details

The Director of Children and Families agreed to:
a) Acknowledge the first stage of the tender for the redevelopment and expansion of Benton Park School, submitted by BAM Construction Limited via a competitive tender exercise facilitated by the Leeds Local Education Partnership, for the sum of £24,295,586 and to appoint them to progress the design to the Stage 2 tender point. Noting that this represents the ‘as tendered’ contractual sum and is exclusive of other costs, such as client held contingency or off-site Highways works.

b) Authorise the acceptance of the Pre-Construction Services Agreement submitted by BAM Construction Limited via the Leeds Local Education Partnership for the sum of £1,380,965.40.

c) Note, the PCSA figure is included within the tender value of £24,295,586 and is drawn down early to facilitate design and development of the project.

d) Note; ‘Authority to Spend’ for the full scheme budget will be sought following completion of Stage 2 of the tender scheduled for late May 2020. This will build on the Stage 1 tender price of £24,295,586 quoted herein, following completion of the PCSA activities. A report to this effect will be submitted to Executive Board at the appropriate juncture.

e) Note the programme dates identified in section 3.7 of this report, in relation to the implementation of this decision, represents the critical path for project success and must be adhered to where possible.

f) Note that the officer responsible for implementation is the Head of Service Learning Systems.