Decision details

The Director of Childrens & Families agreed to:

a) Approve the expenditure of £28,500,000, against the provisional £28.5m ‘approval to spend’ budget’ provided at the April 2020 Executive Board, from capital scheme number 32735/000/000 for the redevelopment and expansion of Benton Park School.

b) Sanction the requirement to enter into a contractual agreement with D&B One Co. to deliver the Benton Park re-development. This will take the form of an NEC 3 Option A between the authority and Leeds D&B One Ltd for the sum of £25,351,599.

c) Authorise acceptance of the tender submitted by the LLEP, via BAM Construction Limited, in the sum of £25,351,599, including all contract side design and development fees. Noting that this figure includes the previously approved sum of £1,188,101 for the completion of the necessary ‘Early Works’ package (DDN D50877).

d) Note that the approval sum detailed in point (a) above is inclusive of the following elements; £25,351,599 for the construction contract, £1,850,785 for professional services including the project technical assurance function and NEC 3 Project manager, £621,747 for Highways and Authority works, £343,719 for site decant and mobilisation risk, £60,000 for furniture & equipment to support the expansion, £111,321 for surveys and planning fees, £113,610 for internal services and fees, £47,219 for the performance bond. A client held contingency, commensurate with a project of this value, has been included within the approval figure to address any risks that occur during construction.

e) 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.

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