This report sets out the decision to allocate
additional funding to the Scheme, enter into a construction
contract and amend the approved Capital Programme for 2020-21
accordingly.
On 8th April 2020 a Decision Book was published (under the Chief
Executive’s Emergency powers) which gave approval for the
release and spend of the £8.1m budget for the above project
and delegated authority to award the construction contract to ISG
Ltd.
The Main Contract Tender was procured through the Southern
Construction Framework. The mini-competition tenders for Contractor
selection were invited via Hampshire County Council’s In-Tend
system. ISG Ltd tender return has come in £600k over the
allocated budget.
It is proposed to use the secured DfE Special Provisions Fund Grant
for Hamilton School development to fund the gap. The grant was
originally secured in 2018 and is held in RBC accounts and was
allocated for the development of the then Phoenix School (now
Hamilton School) to allow the School to take girls. The physical
limitations of the existing school building had only allowed for
boys to be accommodated. The new relocated school will enable girls
to be accommodated at the School.
It is the decision of the Executive Director of Economic Growth and
Neighbourhood Services, in consultation with the Lead Councillor
for Education, to allocate £600k, which has been received
from the DfE Special Provisions Fund Grant on the specific
condition that it is used to cover the increased cost and deliver
the Hamilton School Development project on the basis described in
Section 4.2 of the report.
It is the decision of the Executive Director for Economic Growth
and Neighbourhood Services in consultation with the Assistant
Director for Procurement and the Lead Councillor for Education to
enter into a contract with ISG Construction Limited to carry out
the refurbishment and new building works for a total sum of
£7,641,828.16.
It is the decision of the Executive Director for Resources in
consultation with the Executive Director for Economic Growth and
Neighbourhoods and the Leader of the Council to amend the approved
Capital Programme for 2020-21 to include the additional expenditure
and grant funding of £600k.