Decision details

Temple Island enabling works project is a 5-year programme of design and construction for a series of enabling works, to facilitate development of the Temple Island site.
In October 2020 Cabinet authorised the Executive Director for Growth and Regeneration, in consultation with the Mayor, the S.151 Officer, and Director of Legal Services to use up to £32m of repurposed EDF funding towards the enabling works. Further, in December 2021 the WECA Joint Committee approved the Change Request submitted in July 2021 associated with the Temple Island Enabling Works project and issued a revised Grant Offer Letter (GOL) based on the same.
BCC have competitively tendered rates with the Strategic Partner and have secured the resource needed from the Partnership.
Call off from professional services contract with Strategic Partner (Arcadis working with Arup and Mott MacDonald) towards Temple Island Enabling Works.

This decision utilises £1,106,821 of the £32m funding allocation to procure the Council’s Strategic Capital Partnership for a period of 15 months to provide project management, cost management and design services to maintain progress (as per Strategic Partnering Initiative – Temple Island Enabling Works to RIBA 4 – Project Plan dated 25th May 2022).

Option 1 - Comparison has been done against similar professional services contract. The Strategic Partner offer best value for money under the competitively procured Partnership arrangement and fees are within the project budget.
Option 2 -
Option 3 -