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Approve the appointment of Paine Manwaring
(PMW) to provide building fabric works and MEP works (totalling
£233,107,07) for the preparation of Portland House to be
connected up to the Worthing Heat Network (WHN), this includes, but
is not limited to, carrying out measures to improve the
building’s thermal performance and efficiency. This is being
funded by the central government by PSDS awarded
funding.  This work is part of 3b
funding, which covers Worthing Town hall, Worthing Assembly Hall,
Connaught Theatre and Studio, Portland House.
This has been procured through the NHS
framework as a direct award in accordance with our contract
standards and Procurement team have approved and overseen the
process.

Reasons for the decision

Decision made to direct award the contract to
Paine Manwaring due to the time constraints of the project and also
due to the fact that Paine Manwaring have extensive knowledge of
the heat network, WBC buildings and are also completing works on
other aspects of the project.

Alternative options considered

Considered resource internally but there is
none currently available due to the volume of other
projects.  The project cannot be delayed
due to timescales of funding.
 
An open tender application could not be
completed due to the time constraints on the funding.