Decision details

Decision Taken:

The Executive Director of Regeneration, Economy & Planning to endorse a direct award to appoint Martin Arnold (Reg No. OC315838) as the Council’s consultant to deliver Multi-Disciplinary Consultant Services (incl. Quantity Surveyor, Employer’s Agent and Construction Design Management (CDM) Advisor) to support the delivery of the Main Build Construction works for Adpar Street, for a contract value of £66,663.33* excl. VAT (£79,996.00 inclusive of VAT).This will be in the form of a new contract following the expiration of the original appointment on the 31^st of August 2020. 

By way of background, in August 2023, the Commercial Gateway Review Board (CGRB) endorsed the retrospective approval of Martin Arnold for Multi-Disciplinary Services in relation to Adpar Street. This retrospective appointment covered services from the 1^{st of} September 2020 to March 2025, for a total value of £74,161. 

*The reason for the discrepancy between the final contract value (£66,663) and the fee approved in the Gate Paper (£74,161) is due to a number of services relating to the Adpar Street recovery works being captured under a separate Direct Award appointment for Multi-Disciplinary Services. 

Reason for the Decision:

The provision of Multi-Disciplinary Services is critical to the delivery of the Torridon development, with Practical Completion that was expected to be in July 2024. 

Martin Arnold were the original Multi-Disciplinary Consultant appointed to support the delivery of Torridon, which they carried out up to the point of Geoffrey Osborne entering administration in late April 2024. 

The original Martin Arnold contract expired on the 31st of August 2020, thereby necessitating a new appointment to be applied retrospectively to address the provision of services from the 1^{st of} September 2020 up to March 2025, as signed off by CGRB in August 2023.