Decision Maker: Cabinet (Resources) Panel
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
To seek approvals to progress the Central Library and Adult Education project that forms part of Phase 2 of the City Learning Quarter programme and for the main construction contract.
1. That the Council enter into a pre-construction contract, Pre-Construction Services Agreement (“PCSA”) with Speller Metcalfe (Malvern) Limited (“Speller”) to progress design, enabling works and to provide construction cost certainty for the Central Library and Adult Education Project (inclusive of library façade restoration) that forms part of the City Learning Quarter Phase 2.
2. That authority be delegated to the Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Resources in consultation with the Directors of City Development and Finance to enter into the main construction contract with Speller provided that:
a. The contract sum is within the approved budget; and
b. The design, cost and programme have been approved by the City Learning Quarter Programme Board.
Report author: Zareena Ahmed-Shere
Publication date: 25/04/2024
Date of decision: 24/04/2024
Decided at meeting: 24/04/2024 - Cabinet (Resources) Panel
Effective from: 30/04/2024
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