At budget Council held on 7th March 2016 an
indicative sum of £900,000 was approved, subject to
completion of a full options / feasibility appraisal to determine
the final scope and cost options for the total scheme. In order to
progress this and ensure delivery of the project as a main Council
plan priority discussions have taken place with Nottingham City
Council's Major Projects Team (following a decision and report to
the Chair of Overview and Scrutiny Committee) and they have been
successful in becoming the Councils Project Managers for this work.
Public consultation is currently taking place with those
frequenting the park and users more broadly to seek their feedback
exactly what facilities should be included in the visitor centre
offer - this has proved to be very successful. The Project Managers
have advised that only a design and build option will deliver a
visit centre within reasonable a time frame and in view of the huge
popularity of the park itself (which continues to increase month on
month) there is a degree of urgency to have a building on site to
met this customer expectation and demand. The SCAPE Framework
itself it is set up and established for use by Local Authorities to
access and use with 'value for money' have been tested at every
stage, therefore I am satisfied that those companies that are
awarded contracts within the framework have been through robust
testing processes to ensure they provide VFM to clients. The
purpose of this decision report is there for to record my decision
to: 1. approve the use of the SCAPE framework agreement to deliver
this particular design and build project. 2. approve the spend
against the approved budget of £96,084,.54 to enable the
SCAPE approved contractors, GF Tomlinson to undertake the pre
construction works needed. 3. on the Council's behalf write to
appoint GF Tomlinson, in accordance with the CDM regulations of
2015 to formally advising them that we consider them to be the
Principal Contractor for the project. 4. appoint Nottingham City
Councils internal specialist team to undertake for GBC the
functions of Quantity Surveying, contract administration and our
client CDM obligations.
Decision type: Key
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Notice of proposed decision first published: 13/05/2016
Decision due: 13 May 2016 by Corporate Director of Environment Communities and Leisure
Contact: David Wakelin, Corporate Director of Environment Communities and Leisure Email: david.wakelin@gedling.gov.uk.
Consultation process
The Friends of Gedling Country Park have been
heavily involved and a recent public survey has been extremely
informative.
Local Members too have been involved and provided invaluable
input.