Issue - meetings

To approve the procurement strategy for appointment of two contractors for the primary schools expansion programme using the Improvement and Efficiency South East (iESE) construction and management framework arrangements.

RESOLVED: 

1.  That the procurement strategy for appointment of two contractors for the primary schools expansion programme using the Improvement and Efficiency South East (iESE) construction and management framework arrangements be approved.

2.  That it be noted that a contractor will be appointed for each of two packages noted in paragraph 23 of the report for pre-construction services using the iESE contractor framework (estimated value for each package: £0.7m) and a series of works contracts for the construction stage of individual projects within their respective package using the iESE contractor framework (estimated total value of £60.5m, comprising a range of project values from £1.5m to £10.0m).

3.  That the individual appointments set out in paragraphs 26 and 27 of the report will be approved in gateway 2 reports by the strategic director of children’s and adults services be noted.