Decision details

The Director of Children and Families agreed to:

a) Sanction the requirement to enter into an ‘Early Works’ agreement with the LLEP for ICL to deliver the ‘Early Works’ package, necessary to meet the critical path programme for expansion of West Oaks SEN Specialist School and College (Woodhouse Learning). This will take the form of an extension to the ‘Pre-Construction Services Agreement’ for the sum of £1,249,814.49.

b) Approve the expenditure of £1,249,814.49 from capital scheme number 33176 / WDH / 000 for the completion of the ‘Early Works’ programme at West Oaks SEN Specialist School and College (Woodhouse Learning).

c) Note the programme dates identified in section 3.2 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.

d) Note that the officer responsible for implementation is the Head of Service Learning Systems and the Head of Projects and Programmes, Asset Management & Regeneration.