Decision details

Contract Award Approval

That the Cabinet Member for Council Homes and Homelessness, following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Communities, Equalities and Finance and in liaison with the Strategic Director of Housing:

1.  Approves the award of the main contract for the Ledbury Estate redevelopment, to Higgins Partnership (Higgins) procured via the National Framework Partnership (NFP) framework for a period of 330 weeks for a contract value of £176,347,342 and noting that this scheme will benefit from a minimum of £125,000 per unit grant subsidy from the Greater London Authority (GLA), which results in a total contribution of £32.5m.

2.  Approves an additional works contingency, as set out in paragraph 2 of the closed report, to allow for any additional works that may arise outside of the contract and any further design development