To vary the Pre-Construction Services Agreement to Speller Metcalfe up to the value of £115,972 for enabling works to inform the development of the design, cost, programme, and risk profile of the project.

The Corporate Director, Economy and Environment approves the delegated authority to the Programme Manager Capital- Economy and Environment or the equivalent or above within economy and environment to take all operational decisions relating to the award of contracts for the John Venn redevelopment project and for the 2025-2028, 2026-2029 and 2024-2027 Estates Capital Programme.

Authority is delegated to the Capital Project Manager from the
Corporate Director of Economy and Environment to act as spend manager for the programmes. Responsibility for monitoring the remaining works to be carried out by the Capital Project Manager within the spend budget.

The Pre-Construction Services Agreement (PCSA) was tendered using a compliant procurement process via the Procure Partnership framework.

This variation will enable non-structural strip out works to take place which will inform the design for the refurbishment of the building and provide benefits to the programme.

The existing Pre-Construction Services Agreement in place for this project allows for the inclusion of these works within the contract through the Additional Works mechanism.