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For the Assistant Director of Regeneration and
Economic Development to Contract Standing Order 9.07.1c and
implement contract award a contract to Network Rail for
infrastructure protection advice in relation to the Basic Asset
Protection Agreement (BAPA) for the Park View Underpass Improvement
Project. The contract value is £9,690.

Reasons for the decision

The Council is required to enter a Basic Asset
Protection Agreement (BAPA) with Network Rail to receive consent
for works that may affect the structure of the Underpass.

The Council is required to commission technical infrastructure
protection advice from Network Rail, which is a statutory
organisation with a duty to protect its infrastructure. It requires
all proposed works that may affect its assets to be assessed by its
in-house asset protection engineers prior to granting
consent.

There are no alternatives to sourcing this advice from other
providers.

Alternative options considered

Doing nothing would result in Network Rail not
granting consent for any works within the Underpass, which would
undermine the comprehensive Underpass improvement scheme.

Sourcing infrastructure protection services externally is not an
option as Network Rail require their in-house team to assess all
third party proposals.