Decision details
Development Infills: Package B Main Contract Award
Decision Maker: Cabinet Member for Climate Action, Regeneration and Renters, Cabinet Member for Finance and Council Reform
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
Approval of the main construction costs for Adpar Street Car Park, Torridon House Car Park, Queens Park Court (comprising Package B) sites.
Decision:
1. Recommendations
The recommendation within this Cabinet Member Report is for the Cabinet Members to:
1.1 Approve the combined Full Business Case for Infills Programme:
Package B.
1.2 Approve the contract awards appointing Geoffrey Osborne Limited to
undertake the main construction works in respect of Adpar Street Car
Park, Torridon House Car Park, Queens Park Court Car Park.
1.3 Authorise Legal Services to negotiate the surrender of the existing substation lease at Queens Park Court and to grant a new lease to London Power Networks for a term of 99 years at an annual rent of £1.00.
1.4 Delegate authority to the Executive Director of Growth Planning and Housing to approve any legal, planning or financial documents, ancillary to or required to facilitate the recommendations of this report.
2. Reasons for Decision
2.1 As part of the WCC’s HRA Development Programme, WCC identified a number of smaller scale infill sites for development. This will enable the attainment of WCC’s strategic HRA Asset Strategy objectives of:
· Increasing the supply of affordable housing; optimising value from its assets;
· Increasing the quality of the HRA Portfolio; and
· Ensuring the portfolio meets local housing need.
2.2 The Contract Award Report (Gate 3) has been presented to the
procurement Commercial Gateway Review Board (CGRB) and
endorsement has been obtained. Finance Capital Review Group (CRG)
approval has been obtained for the projects endorsing the
recommendation to the Executive Director of Growth, Planning and
Housing to recommend to the Cabinet Member to award the 3 separate
JCT Design & Build Contracts.
Publication date: 07/09/2022
Date of decision: 07/09/2022
Effective from: 15/09/2022
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