The report proposesto award the contract for the Design and Build of the Dukeminster Extra Care Housing Scheme.  

1.      That the contract to design and build the Dukeminster Extra Care Development to Contractor A be awarded as set out in Appendix A to the report.

2.      To authorise the Chief Legal and Democratic Services Officer to enter into agreement with the Homes and Communities Agency on behalf of the Council to secure the grant contribution to the funding of the development.

The Executive considered a report from the Executive Member for Social Care, Health and Housing that proposed to award the contract for the Design and Build of the Dukeminster Extra Care Housing Scheme.  The scheme would be funded primarily by the Council’s Housing Revenue Account (HRA) with a significant grant from the Homes and Communities Agency.  This would be the first new build scheme developed by the Council since the adoption of the HRA ‘self-financing regime’.

The proposed contractor had a proven track record of delivering high quality schemes and the bid was of a high standard and also within the budget identified for the development. 

Reason for decision:  To secure the delivery of an 83-unit Extra Care Housing development on the Dukeminster Estate, Dunstable.

RESOLVED

1.      that the contract to design and build the Dukeminster Extra Care Development to Contractor A be awarded as set out in Appendix A to the report; and

2.      to authorise the Chief Legal and Democratic Services Officer to enter into agreement with the Homes and Communities Agency on behalf of the Council to secure the grant contribution to the funding of the development.