16 Approval to Award a Contract for Professional Services (Architects) - Proposed Housing Sites
Housing Portfolio
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To consider report DCE/07 of the Deputy Chief Executive.
Decision:
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RESOLVED
That the Cabinet:
a) subject to the mandatory standstill period, approves the appointment of Bidder ‘A’ for the Professional Services Contract.
b)
delegates the negotiation, approval and completion
of the all the relevant legal documentation and entering into the
contract following the award to the Deputy Chief Executive, Head of
Legal, Governance & HR, in consultation with the Cabinet Member
for Housing. (Generic Delegation 2 and 3 will be used to enact
this recommendation).
Reasons for the Recommendations
Following a tender exercise and evaluation process, Bidder ‘A’ has submitted the most economically advantageous tender and is therefore recommended for appointment.
The appointment will further enable the Council to adapt to best deliver new housing within the context of constrained land supply and in its compiling of site specific information in accordance with Local Plan policies when bringing sites forward for
housing.
Minutes:
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The Cabinet Member for Housing presented report DCE/07of the Deputy Chief Executive. The report sought approval for the appointment of architects relative to a total of ten proposed housing sites across Crawley borough. The proposed bidder would be sought via a desktop exercise, to identify small sites to understand their potential for development and the challenges and constraints that would be faced relating to developing those sites. It was emphasised to the Cabinet that the proposed exercise did not mean that those sites would be brought forward for development, even though they were identified within the Crawley Local Plan.
Councillors C Mullins, P Smith and Lamb spoke as part of the discussion on the report.
RESOLVED
That the Cabinet:
a) subject to the mandatory standstill period, approves the appointment of Bidder ‘A’ for the Professional Services Contract.
b) delegates the negotiation, approval and completion of the all the relevant legal documentation and entering into the contract following the award to the Deputy Chief Executive, Head of Legal, Governance & HR, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Housing. (Generic Delegation 2 and 3 will be used to enact this recommendation).
Reasons for the Recommendations
Following a tender exercise and evaluation process, Bidder ‘A’ has submitted the most economically advantageous tender and is therefore recommended for appointment.
The appointment will further enable the Council to adapt to best deliver new housing within the context of constrained land supply and in its compiling of site specific information in accordance with Local Plan policies when bringing sites forward for housing.