Purpose

To appoint an architect for Breezehurst Drive
Phase 2 to undertake the detailed design.
There is already a decision in place under report reference CH/192
approved by the Cabinet on 25th November 2020. A new Cabinet report
will be issued later in the year to appoint a contractor to
progress the construction of this project. This revised process has
been approved by the Leader of the Council.
The proposed strategy moving forward is to directly appoint through
a framework the original architect on the scheme, to complete the
design up to RIBA Stage 4 and submit the additional information
required for the planning application. This is backed up by advice
we have received by both an external legal consultant and a
national framework director, and this approach has been approved by
the Procurement Manager.

Decision

A decision was made to approve option 3 -
proceed with the revised strategy of appointing a design team to
complete the design up to RIBA Stage 4 and submitting a planning
application, then appointing a contractor once planning permission
has been approved. This has been approved by the Leader of the
Council and Head of Crawley Homes with the support of the
Procurement Manager.