Decision details

Cabinet considered a report on the appointment of the preferred contractor to work in partnership with Cheshire East Council to deliver a new Lifestyle Centre in Crewe.

The Centre would be based at the existing Cumberland Arena and would be opened in the Spring of 2015.

The value of the scheme had been budgeted at £12.7M which was included in the Council’s Capital Programme. A procurement exercise had been completed through the Northwest Construction Hub Framework and after a mini-competition, Kier Construction were the Council’s preferred Design and Build Contractor. A full Equality Impact Assessment and a Transport Assessment had been completed during the procurement phase.

At Members’ request, the Leader undertook to consider options for a 25m or a 50m swimming pool at the Centre.

RESOLVED

That

(1)  Kier Construction be appointed as Design and Build Contractor to work in partnership with Cheshire East Council, and the officers be authorised to take all necessary action to work with the Contractor to deliver the new asset quickly; and

(2)  in order to expedite design ‘sign-off’, design authority be delegated to a task group consisting of the Project Board, Leader of the Council and the Portfolio Holder for Health and Adult Care.