Decision details

To approve the recommended schemes for providing additional Reception classes across Brent schools from September 2011 and to delegate authority to the Director of Regeneration and Major Projects to appoint one or more works contractors using existing construction frameworks. To agree to give delegated power to the Director of Regeneration and Major Projects to award the works contract for constructing temporary accommodation for the Village School (formerly Hay Lane and Grove Park Schools). The temporary accommodation located in the nearby Kingsbury High School grounds will be in use for 2 years while the new school is being built.

(i)         that approval be given to the allocation of £1.5m from the Council’s Main Capital Programme for providing additional primary school places across Brent schools from September 2011, as set out in the table under paragraph 3.2.13 of the report from the Directors of Regeneration and Major Projects and Children and Families;

(ii)        that authority be delegated to the Director of Regeneration and Major Projects to appoint one or more works contractors using existing construction frameworks, for the recommended temporary school expansion schemes, in the event that any single works contract exceeds £1m in value;

(iii)       that authority be delegated to the Director of Regeneration and Major Projects to award the works contract for constructing temporary accommodation for the Village School, Decant and Legacy Scheme.

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