Decision details

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.