Issue - meetings

That

1.  It be agreed to proceed to a closed tender for the works contracts for Mottingham Library, Chislehurst Library, Burnt Ash Library and Orpington Library at an estimated total value split across two contracts of £4m; and,

2.  It be agreed to delegate authority to the Director of Housing, Planning, Property and Regeneration in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Renewal, Recreation and Housing, to award the two works contracts at estimated values of £1.4m (Burnt Ash and Chislehurst) and £2.6m (Mottingham and Orpington) as long as the winning tenders are affordable within the Operational Property Review library programme budget.

Report HPR2024/011

The report provided an update on the library repair works programme, and requested authority to both proceed to tender, and award contracts, for works at four further library sites: Mottingham, Chislehurst, Burnt Ash and Orpington.

The report was scrutinised by the Renewal Recreation and Housing PDS Committee at its meeting on 14 March 2024 and the Committee supported the recommendations.

RESOLVED: That

1.  It be agreed to proceed to a closed tender for the works contracts for Mottingham Library, Chislehurst Library, Burnt Ash Library and Orpington Library at an estimated total value split across two contracts of £4m; and,

2.  It be agreed to delegate authority to the Director of Housing, Planning, Property and Regeneration in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Renewal, Recreation and Housing, to award the two works contracts at estimated values of £1.4m (Burnt Ash and Chislehurst) and £2.6m (Mottingham and Orpington) as long as the winning tenders are affordable within the Operational Property Review library programme budget.