Decision

The Assistant Director of Property and
Investment has approved the award of a contract for CDM Principal
Designer and Building Regulations Principal Designer Advisory
Services to Keelagher Okey Associates Limited (Company Number
04390026) as the highest scoring tenderer in accordance with the
most economically advantageous tender criteria. for a fixed term of
24 month at an estimated contract value of
£450,000.

Reasons for the decision

The contract is to provide CDM Principal
Designer/CDM Advisory Services and carry out all the duties as per
the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015. In
accordance with Regulation 11(1), also to carry out all the duties
of Building Regulations services as required by The Building Safety
Act 2022.

This service was commissioned via Fusion 21 Consultants Framework,
Lot 10 – Principal Designer Duties, using a further
competition, which was conducted in accordance with Council’s
Contract Procedure Rules and the Public Contracts Regulations
2015

A detailed specification with tender documents were issued all
consultants within the lot in April 2025 and a tender exercise was
undertaken. Three compliant bids were received. The bids were
scored on a Price/Quality/Social Value basis.

• Price – 50%
• Quality – 40%
• Social Value – 10%

The bids were scored on a most economically advantageous tender
basis with Keelagher Okey Associates Ltd being the highest scoring
tenderer
Appendix 1 to this report set out a summary of the scoring exercise
carried out in respect of the tenderers.

Appendix 1 is exempt from publication pursuant to paragraph 3 of
the part 1 of Schedule 12 A of the Local Government Act 1972
(Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any
particular person (including the authority holding that
information)) because it contains or refers to information relating
to the financial and business affairs of the Council and the
tenderers and the public interest in maintaining the exemption
outweighs the public interest in disclosure.
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The financial value for this contract is based on a budget of
£225,000 per annum and the award of the contract will be
within the approved budget. Each commission will be funded by
capital spend allocated to each scheme.

Alternative options considered

1. Deliver CDM Principal Designer and CDM
Advisory services, along with Building Regulations (Principal
Designer / Principal Designer Advisor) services, in-house. The
Council currently lacks personnel with the required professional
qualifications to provide these services, which would negatively
impact the delivery of the Capital Programme

2. Tendering for CDM Principal Designer/CDM Advisory Services and
Building Regulations (Principal Designer / Principal Designer
Advisor) Services for each commission would require additional time
and staff resources to manage the procurement process, potentially
delaying project delivery.