Purpose

On February 28, 2023, the
council approved the principle of funding a new, purpose-built
leisure centre at Stychbrook Park, in
Lichfield based on £10million of funding provided by the
Council.
 
The Council approved the
Capital Financing Requirement (Borrowing Need) of £5million
being initially funded by Internal Borrowing. Council approved an
update to the Medium-Term Financial Strategy based on the
£10million funding threshold.
 
The Council delegated authority
to the Leader and Chief Executive in consultation with the
Monitoring Officer and the Section 151 Officer to complete all
contracts and funding agreements necessary to successfully deliver
the new leisure centre subject to the financial implications being
within Approved Budgets.
 
The delivery of the leisure
centre will be through a 2-stage process, the first being for the
appointment of a design team and the second to appoint a main
contractor to carry out the delivery of the construction phase.
This decision is relevant to the first stage only with the second
phase taking placed after the completion of RIBA stage
4.
 
Tendering began in March 2023
for the appointment of a design team and following a 30-day formal
tender period, the council received six compliant tenders. An
evaluation process project took place, and a preferred tenderer was
identified based on the highest overall cost and quality
score.
 
This evaluation process was led
by the procurement team and involved technical experts, internally
from the major projects team, and externally from Townsend &
Renaudon. Tenders were evaluated
individually and then collectively moderated.
 
The preferred tenderer, Total
Swimming Ltd, scored the highest on the quality evaluation and was
competitively priced. Their Tender submission price is
£535,510.35 which will be the contact award value and is
within the budget thresholds set within the MTFS.
 
A Contract Administrator and
Quantity Surveyor (Townsend and Renaudon) has been appointed to manage the
day-to-day activity of the project on behalf of the council after
the appointment has been made.

Decision

The Leader of the Council approved the award
of a contract with Total Swimming Ltd with a value of
£535,510.35 for the delivery of RIBA design stages 1-4 for a
new leisure centre at Stychbrook Park.