Decisions

To bring the property back into use to accelerate the provision of housing to meet the Mayors target of building 2000 homes a year – 800 affordable a year by 2020.

To enter into a contract with Perfect Circle JV Ltd to undertake
feasibility, design, planning and contract management of refurbishment works.

The current procurement is in process but has been delayed due to the complexity of requirements with the CCTV and the wider network and the growing importance of fibre and interdependencies across the council and the city, more time has been needed than anticipated to resource and write the requirements. The procurement is not expected to conclude until end of December 2019 and time may be needed for on-boarding any new supplier.

There is a need to extend the existing contract for Fibre with Select Electrics Ltd by up to 12 months in increments of 6 months plus 3 months plus 3 months, which would provide 12 months to end July 2020. This will allow for current OJEU procurement process to run and on-boarding/implementation period. This extension has a value increase of £400K, which is 10% of the contract value of £4 Million.

Bristol City Council entered into a conditional Sale Agreement with the University of Bristol for sale of the Cattle Market Road site and a portion of the Temple Island site for development of the University’s new Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus. The sale is conditional on a number of issues being resolved by BCC, including works on site in preparation of future development; this includes demolition of the former sorting office building and ground works.
During the preconstruction and enabling works phases, site trials revealed the construction of the basement to the former sorting office building to be more complex than could be envisaged, and is further complicated by proximity to the Grade I listed Network Rail station and floating harbour, affecting methodology for removal.
The Council has been working in collaboration with the University of Bristol to identify a more efficient solution to the site works in order to minimise cost and risk to the Council. Site trials are required to verify an alternative methodology to resolve the issues around the existing basement, which could result in a more efficient solution.

Approval for additional budget of £140,000 to allow critical site trials to take place on the Cattle Market Road site; these investigations will inform the methodology for subsequent works to the basement of the former sorting office building, and could result in a significant overall saving due to a more efficient methodology being adopted
Approval for variation to the existing contract with Kier Construction Limited by £140,000 in association with the above site trials
Approval to receive income of £140,000 in association with the above site investigations

As a result of a competitive procurement a new supplier will be in place for this 4 year contract as awarding to the supplier whom scored the highest against the published evaluation criteria.

Following a competitive tender for Video Management System and interface support and maintenance, a 4 year contract is to be placed with Tyco Fire

Works has already commenced on this Project using DFT challenge funding awarded in 2018/19. The works is currently on site and the allocated funding of £166k is now fully committed. The intention of the use of this allocated funding was to commence the works in 2018/19. The intention is the continuation of the structural refurbishment works using Capital funding from the Transportation Capital Budget allocated in 2019/20.

To continue with the refurbishment works on Bath Old Bridge which commenced on site in 2018/19, using Capital Budgets for 2019/20.