Decision details

The Director of Children and Families agreed to:
a) Approve the waiver of the following Contracts Procedure Rule to allow the installation of a Council owned proprietary modular build system teaching block, currently in long-term storage at Portakabin Ltd. Leeds yard, at Horsforth School.

o CPR 9.1 Where no appropriate internal provider, Exclusive Supplier, existing provider, LCC Approved Framework Agreement or Approved Framework Agreement exists, competition is required for procurements valued over £100k.

o CPR 9.2 Where there are sufficient numbers of providers at least four written tenders will be invited.

b) Award the tender to Portakabin Limited based on the initial cost submission of £320,964.89. Noting that this is subject to further design development and survey information. The contract will be put forward for award following completion of this design development exercise and approval of a future design cost report for the works.

c) Note; installation costs of the Council owned modular teaching block will be funded from existing financial provision held within the Learning Places programme; any further financial approvals that may be required will be sought as part of the final account resolution process.

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