Decision details

The Board received a report requesting approval for a waiver of Part 3 of Procurement Standing Orders (non-emergency procedures – exceeding a value threshold of £100,000) by virtue of Procurement Standing Order 1.14.4 (v).  The request was to enable the Council to enter into an ‘enabling contract’ with Bowmer and Kirkland, the contractor who would be delivering the new Special Educational Needs (SEN) School, Raise Academy.

The Department for Education (DfE) were leading on the delivery of the new SEN Free School, to serve both Halton and St Helens Councils; the site selected is on Naylor Road, Widnes.  The report described the investigation works carried out on the site where the invasive species Horsetail was discovered.  The enabling contract would consist of the removal of the invasive species Horsetail from the site, in advance of the commencement of building works.

RESOLVED:  That the Board approves the waiver of Part 3 of Procurement Standing Orders (non-emergency procedures – exceeding a value threshold of £100,000) by virtue of Procurement Standing Order 1.14.4 (v) and the contract be awarded directly to Bowmer and Kirkland, to carry out an enablement contract consisting of the removal from site of the invasive species, Horsetail.