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Speedwell House - Main contractor Pre-Construction Services Agreememt (PCSA) engagement.

 

 

Meeting: 13/09/2024 - Delegated Decisions by Cabinet Member for Finance (Item 26)

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Cabinet Member: Finance

Forward Plan Ref: 2024/290

Contact: Chris Dyer Operational Manager & Senior Project Lead (Major Projects)

chris.dyer@oxfordshire.gov.uk

 

Report by Executive Director of Resources and Section 151 Officer

 

The Cabinet Member is RECOMMENDED to:

 

a)    Approve entering the first part of a two-stage contact with Willmott Dixon for them to carry out pre-construction services on the expansion and refurbishment of Speedwell House under a Pre-Construction Service Agreement (PCSA).

 

b)    Delegate authority to the Director of Property in consultation with the Head of Legal Services and Deputy Monitoring Officer to complete all necessary legal documentation to give effect to this contract award.

 

 

 

Decision:

Recommendations approved

Minutes:

 

 

The Cabinet Member considered a report regarding the expansion and refurbishment of Speedwell House to achieve a single, city centre headquarters to accommodate the Council’s corporate and democratic services. This scheme was part of the City Centre Accommodation Strategy approved at Cabinet on 23rd January 2024.

 

The Initial Business Case (IBC) for this project was approved by Cabinet on 19 March 2024 and the project entered the capital programme (£22.680m). The building strip-out works had commenced and would be completed by the end of September 2024.

 

Whilst the strip-out works had been progressing, the Council had tendered the extension and refurbishment of Speedwell House which involved two-stages of appointment. Under the first stage, the contractor would be appointed to work under a Pre-contract Services Agreement (PCSA) to develop the design. As part of the second stage, the contractor would submit their final offer and programme to deliver the works based on the detail of design they had agreed to develop.

 

The Council was committed to delivering Speedwell House at pace

 

The Cabinet Member said that the process should be carried out as quickly as possible and agreed to the recommendations in the report.

 

RESOLVED to:

 

a)    approve entering the first part of a two-stage contact with Willmott Dixon for them to carry out pre-construction services on the expansion and refurbishment of Speedwell House under a Pre-Construction Service Agreement (PCSA).

 

b)    delegate authority to the Director of Property in consultation with the Head of Legal Services and Deputy Monitoring Officer to complete all necessary legal documentation to give effect to this contract award.