Decision details

Award of Contract and Endorsement of Fund Allocation: Crawley Growth Programme Manor Royal Scheme OKD74 20-21

Decision Maker: Executive Director Place Services

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

The Crawley Growth Programme (CGP) is a key delivery mechanism to achieve the economic growth outcomes agreed in the Crawley Growth Deal.

A WSCC decision in December 2017 (LDR04 (17/18)  agreed funding allocations and delivery governance for the projects within the CGP. A critical Crawley Growth Programme project approved in December 2017 is the Manor Royal Highways Improvement scheme.

Detailed design and further engagement have been completed for the Manor Royal Highways Improvement scheme and it is proposed that scheme delivery is now progressed further through awarding the Construction Contract for Phase 1 to Telent Ltd, the County Councils incumbent traffic signals supplier. Continuation of the project into Phase 2 will be addressed at a later date, anticipated Autumn 2021.

 

Decision:

(1)         That the Executive Director for Place Services endorses the allocation of £0.980m to increase project funds to a total of £1.178m to cover the Implementation Stage of Manor Royal Highways project (Phase 1) as set out in section 2; and

(2)         approves the award of the Phase 1 contract (the construction phase) to Telent Ltd. for £0.813m and endorses that the Contract Target Price is within the above budget constraint of £1.178m.

 

Interests and Nature of Interests Declared:

None

Publication date: 18/05/2021

Date of decision: 18/05/2021

Effective from: 28/05/2021

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