Special Meeting, Cabinet - Tuesday, 13th June, 2017 7.00 pm - Agenda and minutes

Venue: Vulcan Room, Council Offices, Farnborough

Contact: Chris Todd, Democratic Services  on 01252 398825 or e-mail:  chris.todd@rushmoor.gov.uk

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13.

EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC

To consider resolving:

 

That, subject to the public interest test, the public be excluded from this meeting during the discussion of the undermentioned item to avoid the disclosure of exempt information within the paragraph of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act, 1972 indicated against such item:

 

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2                      3                      Information relating to financial or business affairs

Minutes:

RESOLVED: That, taking into account the public interest test, the public be excluded from the meeting during the discussion of the under mentioned item to avoid the disclosure of exempt information within the paragraph of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act, 1972 indicated against the item:

 

Minute           Schedule      Category

No.                  12A Para.

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14                   3                      Information relating to financial or business affairs

THE FOLLOWING ITEM WAS CONSIDERED IN THE ABSENCE OF THE PUBLIC

14.

DEPOT CONSTRUCTION pdf icon PDF 176 KB

To consider Report No. COMM1715 (copy attached), which sets out the outcomes of the procurement exercise for the construction of the Council’s new depot site at Lysons Avenue, Ash Vale.

Presented By: Councillor Martin Tennant, Environment and Service Delivery Portfolio Holder

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Cabinet considered Report No. COMM1715, which set out the latest position in relation to a design and build contract for the construction of the Council’s new depot in Lysons Avenue, Ash Vale.

 

The Report set out the process to date. It was confirmed that a design and build contract had been awarded to Kier Construction, under a Hampshire County Council Framework Agreement. That Agreement provided for the delivery of pre-construction services and contained a discretion to allow the Council to either proceed with the building of the depot with Kier Construction or to award the construction contract to another provider. Kier had submitted a revised budget in January 2017 which had been significantly above the Council’s budget and this had prompted the Council to carry out a tendering exercise for the depot construction. It was now proposed to award the contract to Neilcott Construction Limited, who had submitted the lowest tender. It was confirmed that the figure quoted was within the Council’s agreed budget and that the anticipated completion date for the operational depot was early March 2018. 

 

The Cabinet RESOLVED that the Solicitor to the Council be authorised to

 

(i)        award a Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) Intermediate Building Contract for the construction of the depot to Neilcott Construction Limited and to advise Kier Construction of the alternative award of the contract; and

 

(ii)       take all other steps necessary, including the revision of the form of contract with Neilcott Construction Limited in the event of the novation of agreements between Kier Construction and their contractors was unachievable or was delayed.