Purpose

Recommendation to approve the delivery of the Highways Major
schemes 2024/2025 programme of works through the existing
Peterborough Highway Services Term Service Contract.

Decision

The Cabinet authorised:
 
2. the direct award of the following Major Projects to Milestone
Infrastructure Limited, utilising the existing Peterborough
Highways Term Service Contract, to complete the following
projects:
·
Cygnet Bridge, works not exceeding a value of £6,000,000
·
City Centre Terror Mitigation, works not exceeding a value of
£1,160,000
·
Extreme Weather highways improvements, works not exceeding a value
of £1,000,000
 
3. the Executive Director, Place and Economy, to vary the value
of Major Projects works orders when required, subject to;
i. available budget being in place.
ii. the reason for the variation is for genuinely unforeseen
reasons leading to fundamental changes in the project plan and
target cost, and that such details along with a breakdown of where
costs have been varied shall be made available in full on request.
the total sum of each variation not exceeding £50,000;
and
iii. the combined value of the works order and any authorised
variation(s) do not exceed the annual budgets advised above. Order
variations in excess of £50,000 are to be made in
consultation with the council’s Internal Audit and Finance
Teams.
 
4. the Executive Director, Place and Economy, to vary the scope
of the order when required to cover other related highway works
subject to the limits imposed by items 2 and 3 above and with the
approval of the Executive Director of Resources, Director of Law
and Governance (or authorised officers).
 
The report presented to Cabinet can be found at the bottom of
this page.