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Salford City Council – Record of
Decision
 
I Paul Dennett, City Mayor, in
exercise of the powers contained within the Council
Constitution do hereby:
 

1. 
approve the appointment of J Hopkins Ltd, at a cost
of £766,949.90, to undertake the main works on A580 East
Lancashire Road/Broad Street.

2. 
approve the creation of a purchase order to J
Hopkins Ltd, to the value of £766,949.90, to enable payments
to be made to the contractor.

3. 
approve a risk allocation totalling
£154,425.97, and the approval to create any required Purchase
Orders that may call on the risk allocation.

4. 
approve the ‘Supervision and Management
Fees’ totalling £119,757.33.

5. 
approve the ‘Other Costs’ associated
with the project delivery totalling £5,179.95 and approve the
creation of any required Purchase Orders.
, as
detailed in the table below:
 

Detail required

Answers

Title/Description of Contracted
Service/Supply/Project

KRN Maintenance Scheme - A580 East Lancashire
Road/Broad Street

Name of Successful
Contractor

J Hopkins (Contractors) Ltd

Supplier Registration Number

(to be supplied by Corporate
Procurement)

1112562

Type of organisation

(to be supplied by Corporate
Procurement)

Private Limited Company

Status of Organisation

(to be supplied by Corporate
Procurement)

SME

Contract Value (£)

£766,949.90 Full Project

Risk Allowance

£154,425.97

Supervision and Management
Fees

£119,757.33

Other Costs

£5,179.95

Contract Duration

4 Weeks

Contract Start Date

30/06/2025

Contract End Date

25/07/2025

Optional Extension Period 1

Not applicable

Optional Extension Period 2

Not applicable

Who will approve each Extension
Period?

Procurement Board (extension >
£150k)

Contact Officer (Name &
number)

Nathan RL Williams 0161 779 4916

Lead Service Group

Place

How the contract
was procured?

(to be supplied by
procurement)

Further Competition

Framework Details (where
applicable)

(procurement body, framework reference
& title, start/ end date

Rochdale Borough Council Framework Agreement for
Highways Related Services - Lot 2.

Funding Source

External Funding Source (please identify
below)

Ethical Contractor (EC): Mayor’s
Employment Charter

 

EC: Committed to sign Charter

 

EC: Accredited Living Wage
Employer

 
The
Reasons are:
-    
A580 East Lancashire Road/Broad Street scheme forms
part of the part of Key Route Network (KRN) DfT Highways grant. The grant is to only be used for selected
carriageway schemes. The total settlement Salford received for KRN
is £4.5m over five years (starting 2023).
 
-    
The proposed works on A580 East Lancashire
Road/Broad Street is a carriageway resurfacing scheme and will
improve the current condition of the existing
carriageway.
 
-    
Invitations to tender under the Lot 3 Rochdale
Borough Council Framework Agreement were conducted by issuing a
further competition to the three contractors. All three submitted a
tender and based on the scoring criteria Tarmac Trading limited
received the highest score and was the most economically
advantageous tender based on the quality and pricing
assessment.
 
-    
If approved, the scheme is proposed to commence
Monday 30th June 2025.
 
Options considered and
rejected were: Not to award the
contract.
 
Assessment of
Risk: Low.
 
The source of funding
is: City Region
Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS) Core
Maintenance.
 
Legal Advice
obtained:
Tony Hatton, Principal Solicitor, Tel. 219
6323
 
Financial Advice
obtained:
Adam Flaherty, Senior Accountant, Ext.
2747
 
Procurement Advice
obtained: Heather Stanton, Category
Manager Ext. 6241
 
HR Advice
obtained: N/A
 
Climate Change Implications
obtained: Nathan Williams / Mike
Hemingway Ext. 4916/3209
 
The
following documents have been used to assist the decision
process:
-    
Key Route Network Highway Maintenance Plan Report
2022
-    
Minutes from Procurement Board meeting held via MS
Teams. 10th March 2025.
 
Contact Officer: Nathan
Williams
Telephone
number:
0161 779 4916
 
·     
This matter is not subject to consideration by
another Lead Member.
·     
The appropriate Scrutiny Committee to call-in the
decision is the Growth and Prosperity Panel.
 
 

Signed:    Paul
Dennett       Dated:   19 May 2025.
           
       
City Mayor
 

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*          
This decision was published on 20 May 2025
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This decision will come in force at 4.00 p.m. on 28 May 2025
unless it is called-in in
accordance with the Decision Making
Process Rules.