Issue - meetings

(Reasons: Part 2 – Private - LGA 1972 - Sch 12A Paragraph 3 - Financial or business affairs of any particular person)

This report sets out the tenders received for the refurbishment of Gibson Building East, which forms part of the Council’s office accommodation consolidation project. The report seeks Cabinet approval to award the contract.

(Reasons: Part 2 – Private – LGA 1972 Sch 12A Paragraph 3 – Financial or business affairs of any particular person)

The report of the Director of Central Services and Cabinet Member for Housing, Environment and Economy provided details of the tenders received for the refurbishment of Gibson Building East and sought approval to award the contract.   

It was also proposed to transfer some funding from the Decarbonising the Council’s Estate Capital Plan Scheme to the Gibson East Refurbishment Scheme to help support the installation of renewable and de-carbonising technologies.

Cabinet had due regard to the financial and value for money considerations, the outcome of the tender evaluations and the progress being made on identifying further savings to close a shortfall in funding.   Particular reference was made to the Business Rates Pool (Shared Growth Fund) Programme which offered an opportunity to transfer funding as detailed in 6.1 to 6.8 of the report.

On the grounds that this project formed part of the Borough Council’s office accommodation consolidation project and supported climate change by increasing energy efficiency, Cllr Betts proposed, Cllr Boughton seconded and Cabinet

RESOLVED:  That

(1)            delegated authority be grated to the Director of Central Services, with agreement from the Cabinet Member for Housing, Environment and Economy, to award the contract to the preferred bidder (detailed in the report) for the refurbishment  of Gibson East upon the occurrence of the earliest of the following conditions being met:

                  (i)                the cost falls within the project budget of £3.0m; or

                 (ii)                Full Council approves the transfer of £125,000 from the Decarbonising the Council’s Estate Capital Plan Scheme to the Gibson East Refurbishment Scheme.

*RECOMMENDED: That

(2)            the transfer of £125,000 from the Decarbonising the Council’s Estate Capital Plan Scheme to the Gibson East Refurbishment Scheme be recommended to Full Council.

*Recommended to Council