The Cabinet considered the report of the Director of Built Environment which provided details of the tenders received for the second phase of the Davenhill Primary School refurbishment proposals.
RESOLVED: That
(1) the lowest tender submitted by Conlon Construction Limited of Preston in the sum of £1,584,777 be accepted;
(2) the Head of Corporate Legal Services be authorised to enter into a contract with the successful tenderer; and
(3) it be noted that the proposal was a Key Decision but, unfortunately, had not been included in the Council’s Forward Plan of Key Decisions. Consequently, the Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Children’s Services) had been consulted under Rule 15 of the Access to Information Procedure Rules of the Constitution, to the decision being made by the Cabinet as a matter of urgency, on the basis that it was impracticable to defer the decision until the commencement of the next Forward Plan, because such a delay would mean that the works could not commence in the school summer holiday period, leading to disruption to the operation of the school.