This meeting's report pack included planned contract variations to two existing projects, and two substantial new procurement exercises. It also included the minutes from the previous meeting of the committee.

Gayhurst Primary School Façade Works

A contract variation to increase the budget for planned works at Gayhurst Primary School by £1,459,067.78 was presented to the committee. This variation was in addition to a previously agreed increase of £941,386. Both variations relate to the discovery that the school roof needed to be entirely replaced after the existing roof was found to have failed. The report noted that because the school is a listed building, listed building consent had to be secured for the works.

Procurement Strategy for the Colville Heat Network

The committee was asked to approve plans for the procurement of a Design, Build, Operate and Maintain (DBOM) contract for the proposed Colville Heat Network. The project would be delivered using a Negotiated Procedure with prior call for Competition. The plan would see more than 1300 homes in the Colville and Britannia developments, Britannia Leisure Centre, the City of London Academy Shoreditch Park and Shoreditch Park Primary School connected to a new heat network. The report notes that the project is a planning requirement for most of the buildings in the plan. The committee was also asked to approve the procurement of a Metering and Billing (M&B) Contractor for the scheme. That procurement would proceed under the Procurement Act 2023. Finally the committee was asked to approve a £630,000 extension to the existing Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme 3c contract. This would see the existing Britannia Heat Network extended to connect Bridport House.

The report noted that Hackney Council's Climate Action Plan commits the authority to becoming a net-zero carbon borough by 2040, and that the project will save an estimated 100,000t CO2e over 40 years. It also noted that:

The Colville and Britannia developments are important strategic projects for the Council, with the aim of providing more new housing with a significantly lower carbon footprint than any housing they replace together with a low carbon school and leisure centre.