Decision details

Orchard House children’s home in Cuckfield is part of the County Council’s Residential Service and caters for residential placements and short breaks for children with disabilities, with capacity for up to 16 children at one time. Orchard House consists of the main building – separated in two wings, Orchard Lodge - a standalone building on the premises and the home’s Contact Centre.

Remodelling and refurbishment works are required to resolve critical issues, modernise the home and improve the facilities for those children resident at the home and those who undertake short breaks there.

Agreement to launch a procurement for these works and capital funding totalling £5.576m has so far been allocated to deliver this project, through Key Decisions by the Cabinet Member for Children and Young People in March 2021 CYP04(21/22), in December 2021 CYP04(21/22) and in October 2022 CYP02 (22/23).

A procurement process has been undertaken and this report seeks approval to award the construction contract for the remodelling works to the Main House and Lodge.  Works to carry out improvements to the Contact Centre are being procured separately and will be the subject of a future key decision.

The Director of Children, Young People and Learning has approved the award of the construction contract for the remodelling works to the Orchard House Main House and Lodge to Sunninghill Construction Co Limited for the sum of £3,780,888.09.

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