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Submission of Final Business Case for redevelopment of Joseph Rowntree One School Pathfinder

Meeting: 10/06/2008 - Executive Member for Children and Young People's Services and Advisory Panel (Item 10)

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This report outlines the details of the Local Competition carried out, the affordability of the final solution and the arrangements in place for contract administration and monitoring, and seeks to gain Executive Member approval to proceed with contract award of the Design and Build contract and the delivery of the new Joseph Rowntree School.

Additional documents:

Confidential Annex A , View reasons restricted (10/2)

Decision:

Members received a report which outlined the details of the Local Competition carried out, the affordability of the final solution and the arrangements in place for contract administration and monitoring, and sought to gain Executive Member approval to proceed with contract award of the Design and Build contract and the delivery of the new Joseph Rowntree School.

The report presented the following options for consideration:

· Option 1 – To approve the decision to proceed with award of the Design and Build contract to Carillion to deliver the new Joseph Rowntree School;

· Option 2 – To refuse the appointment of Carillion to deliver the new Joseph Rowntree School.

Advice of the Advisory Panel

That the Executive Member be advised:

(i) To appoint Carillion as the Design and Build contractor for the Joseph Rowntree New School project.

(ii) To support the progression of the project towards achieving a BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment) rating of “very good” together with high CO2 reductions.

Decision of the Executive Member

RESOLVED:That the advice of the Advisory Panel be accepted and endorsed.

REASON: To successfully deliver the project.

Minutes:

Officers stated that this was the final business case for the new school, which was on target and which had an opening date of 1 March 2010.

Members questioned if there were any implications in relation to the Office of Fair Tradings investigation into price fixing amongst a number of construction firms employed by Local Authorities. Officers confirmed that Carillion were implicated, as were 112 other companies but that the implication was through their take over of another firm. They stated that Carillion had been through a rigorous process prior to short listing and being recommended for appointment.

Members also raised concerns that although one of the major objectives listed for the project was to achieve a BREEAM rating of “very good” it appeared that a number of sustainable measures had been dropped from the scheme so as not to jeopardise the application. Members asked for reassurances that Officers would continue to pursue these aspects of the application to ensure a low carbon footprint. [Amendment agreed at the meeting on 17 July 2008.]