Decision details

The City and County of Cardiff’s Schools Organisational Planning (SOP) team has been utilising the South East Wales, Schools and Public Buildings (SEWSCAP2) Construction Framework for Band A funding as part of the Welsh Governments 21^st Century Schools programme.

As such, the City and County of Cardiff Council is looking to re-procure the existing collaborative framework arrangement previously let by RCT, which end on the 31^st March 2019 in order to have a compliant procurement vehicle for Band B commencing from April 2019. The Council’s Commissioning and Procurement team will be seeking authority from cabinet to be delegated to the respective director of resources to deal with all aspects of the procurement relating to the re-procurement of the SEWSCAP3 framework, including setting the tender evaluation criteria to the award of suppliers to the framework.

The estimated City and County of Cardiff Council’s spend over 4 years would include 21^st Century Band B funding equating to £285m, additionally there are 13 member authorities interested in being named on the OJEU notice who’s respective spend committements will be covered by their own schemes of delegation, but would make the total framework value in excess of £1bn.

RESOLVED: that

1.            the commencement of the re-procurement of the South East Wales Schools and Public Buildings Collaborative Construction Framework (as detailed in the report) be agreed and

2.            authority   be delegated to the  Corporate Director  Resources, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Finance, Performance and Modernisation, to carry out all aspects of the procurement, (including  setting the evaluation methodology,  and award of successful contractors to the framework) and thereafter to host and deal with  the operation of the framework arrangements, including any  ancillary matters relating thereto.