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Approve an award of contract to Rodney Melville & Partners
Limited to deliver services from RIBA stages 0-6 at Bruce Castle
Museum Phase 2 Condition Works, pursuant to Contract Standing
Orders 8, 12.02 and 2.05.1.

Reasons for the decision

Bruce Castle Museum is in need works to address condition issues
with the building fabric and the Building Services which in the
long term will reduce the amount of reactive maintenance
undertaken, whilst also looking to reduce the operational energy
usage of the building. A Heritage focused Architect led
multi-disciplinary team is required to identify condition works to
produce a robust feasibility study before progressing the design
and through to construction.

The award to Rodney Melville & Partners Limited is following a
competitive mini tender though the Haringey Dynamic Purchasing
System.

The evaluation of the submission was undertaken on a quality (60%)
and costs (40%) basis, in accordance with standard practice. The
submission from Rodney Melville & Partners Limited achieved a
high-quality score and was considered to be the most economically
advantageous tender to Haringey.

Alternative options considered

Do nothing - This is not an option as the building experiences
leaks and requires investment to renew the roof, building fabric
and upgrade the building services. The building has a statutory
obligation housing the borough archives and information, as well as
housing a local museum and gallery.

Delivering the role in-house was considered, however there is
currently no resource within the Council that has the capacity
along with the necessary experience, qualifications and expertise
to deliver this service.

The use of alternative frameworks was discounted due to the number
of suitable pre-qualified suppliers in the DPS system.