Decision details
Accessible Oldham Strategic Partnership
Decision Maker: Deputy Chief Executive -
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
The Transportation and Planning Team in
collaboration with Unity Partnership have successfully bid for
several capital funded multi-disciplinary highway improvement
programme of work, namely Growth Deal 3 (GD3) and Mayor’s
Cycling and Walking Challenge Fund (MCF). The funds (cumulatively
amounting to circa £16.5m) are managed by Transport for
Greater Manchester (TfGM) under the overarching administration of
Department for Transport (DfT).
For Oldham Council to deliver the programme it was considered
necessary to seek a mid-term (4 years) Strategic Partner (Partner)
to assist the Delivery Team at key stages of the bidding, design
and construction work. The current method of delivery of the
highway construction work can take upwards of 12 weeks from tender
stage to commencement on site. In order to deliver the GD3 and MCF
programme within the set timeframe, a more streamlined method of
procuring construction work is required.
The intention is that individual projects will be procured via a
Call Off procedure under the Strategic Partnership Agreement. This
will require Director sign off (in liaison with the Directors of
Finance and Legal Services) rather than an individual Cabinet
report for each element of work.
Decision:
RESOLVED - That:
The Accessible Oldham Strategic Partnership Tender process has been
led by the Procurement Team with full and detailed information
provided within the procurement section of this report.
Reasons for the decision:
Option 1 - Award the AOSPA to Rowan Ashworth
Ltd and the reserve bidder to Eric Wright Civil Engineering
Ltd
Option 2 - Do not award the AOSPA.
Alternative options considered:
Option 2
Other reasons / organisations consulted
Not applicable
Contact: Jeannette Whitney, Technical Support Admin Email: naz.huda@unitypartnership.com Email: jeanette.whitney@oldham.gov.uk.
Publication date: 03/08/2021
Date of decision: 13/07/2021
Effective from: 13/08/2021
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