Purpose

Approval to seek tenders for the works to
renew the cladding.

Decision

Cabinet:
 
a)    
Approvedin principle the procurement of a two stage tender to
replace the rainscreen
cladding,AOVs,
windows and roofing and
install sprinklers and LD1 fire alarms at
Highfield Towers comprising Pre-Construction Services (Stage 1) and
Works (Stage 2) utilising the LHC –
Fire Safety (FS2) Lot 7A framework with a combined indicative value of
£7.5Million. 
 
b)    
Approved a waiver of the Council’s
default evaluation criteria of 70% Price: 30% Quality and instead
award the contracts on the MEAT basis of a 60% Quality, 30% Price, and 10% Social
Value weighting for the reasons set out in Section
7 of this report, Procurement
Route. 
 
c)    
Delegated the approval of the award
of the Pre-Construction Services Agreement (Stage 1) and the works
contract (Stage 2) to the Strategic Director of Place, acting in
consultation with the Strategic Director of Resources and the
Deputy Director of Legal &
Governance. 
 
d)    
Delegated the change of procurement route from
a framework to a Dynamic Procurement system
(DPS),
if required, to the Strategic Director of
Place.