Minutes of meeting
Renfrewshire Council · 23 May 2024
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Minute of Special Meeting Finance, Resources and Customer Services Policy Board Date Time Venue Thursday, 23 May 2024 09:30 Microsoft Teams Meeting, Present: Councillor Fiona Airlie-Nicolson, Councillor Jacqueline Cameron, Provost Lorraine Cameron, Councillor Graeme Clark, Councillor Audrey Doig, Councillor Chris Gilmour, Councillor Edward Grady, Councillor Neill Graham, Councillor Robert Innes, Councillor Alec Leishman, Councillor Bruce MacFarlane, Councillor Sam Mullin, Councillor Iain Nicolson, Councillor John Shaw Chair Councillor Shaw, Convener, presided. In Attendance A MacArthur, Director of Finance & Resources; C Dalrymple, Head of Facilities and Property Services,F Farrell, Technical Unit Programme Manager, and P MacIver and A Pearson, both Project Managers (all Environment, Housing & Infrastructure); and C McCourt, Head of Finance & Procurement, J Bowles, Corporate Procurement Manager, M Dunbar, Solicitor and E Gray, Senior Committee Services Officer (all Finance & Resources). Webcasting of Meeting Prior to the commencement of the meeting the Convener intimated that this meeting of the Policy Board would be filmed for live or subsequent broadcast on the Council's internet site. Apology Councillor Ann-Dowling. Declarations of Interest and Transparency Statements There were no declarations of interest or transparency statements intimated prior to the commencement of the meeting.
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Adjournment The meeting adjourned at 9.40 am to due to technical issues. The meeting reconvened at 12.30 pm. Sederunt Councillor Mullin did not rejoin the meeting following the adjournment. 1 Paisley Grammar School Community Campus (PGSCC) – Principal Contractor (PC) Main Works (RC-CPU-21-247) There was submitted a joint report by the Directors of Finance & Resources and Environment, Housing & Infrastructure relative to the award of a main works package for Paisley Grammar School Community Campus – Principal Contractor (PC) Main Works (RC-CPU-21-247) to Galliford Try Construction Limited, T/A Morrison Construction Scotland. DECIDED: (a) That the Head of Corporate Governance be authorised to award a Design & Build Contract for the Paisley Grammar School Community Campus (PGSCC) – Principal Contractor (PC) Main Works (RC-CPU-21-247) to Galliford Try Construction Limited, T/A Morrison Construction Scotland; (b) That the award of the contract for the Contract Sum of £67,762,340.10 excluding VAT be authorised; (c) That a contingency spend of £6,979,521, which equated to 10.3% of the Contract Sum, be authorised; (d) That a total Approved Contract Value up to £74,741,861.10 excluding VAT, (which was the total of the Contract Sum plus the contingency spend) be authorised; (e) That it be noted that the Date of Possession was anticipated to start on 17 June 2024, with the Date for Completion of the Works anticipated to be 12 June 2026 and that the actual dates would be confirmed in the Council’s Letter of Acceptance to Galliford Try Construction Limited, T/A Morrison Construction Scotland; and (f) That it be noted that the Contract included caps on liability for the following: (i) public liability (in respect of property damage only) at the level of £25 million for each and every claim; (ii) professional indemnity at the level of £10 million in the aggregate with an automatic annual reinstatement; and (iii) for uninsurable risks, in the absence of any Council or project metric to use, liability was capped at the contract sum.