Purpose

The County Council needs to consider the most appropriate form of construction contract for the engagement of a contractor for the delivery of projects in the East Lancashire Levelling Up Fund Programme. These projects have budgets generally in the region of £1.5M to £5M with construction periods in the order of 12 months. The projects are currently at detail design stage and it is intended that a fully detailed client design will be developed. The majority of schemes of this nature are delivered nationally through a form of contract contained with the New Engineering Contract (NEC4) suite of documents. NEC4 is a modern contract, with options that offer varying degrees of risk to both the client and contractor.

Decision

Andy Mullaney, Director of Environment and Planning approved the NEC4 Option A, Priced Contract with Activity Schedule as the form of construction contract for the engagement of a contractor for the delivery of projects in the East Lancashire Levelling Up Fund Programme.