Baudrette Brook Pumping Station: Upgrade: Award of Tender

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A decision made 31 August 2018:

Decision Reference: MD-T-2018-0043
Decision Summary Title :	Contract 10611 – Baudrette Brook Pumping Station Upgrade. Appointment of Contractor.		Date of Decision Summary:	20 August 2018
Decision Summary Author:	Director – Waste Strategy		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title :	Contract 10611 – Baudrette Brook Pumping Station Upgrade. Appointment of Contractor.		Date of Written Report:	10 August 2018
Written Report Author:	Director – Waste Strategy		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Exempt QE Article 33(b)
Subject: Acceptance of tender for Baudrette Brook pumping station upgrade works.
Decision(s): The Minister awarded the contract for the Baudrette Brook pumping station upgrade works to Geomarine Limited in the sum of £712,989.60.
Reason(s) for Decision: Geomarine Limited submitted a satisfactory Quality / Price package for the work. The existing Baudrette Brook pumping station is at the end of its asset life. This station pumps surface water out to sea during high tide events when the flows form the surrounding areas can no longer naturally flow out to sea by gravity. This station therefore protects properties from surface water flooding. This project has been out to open tender with only one tenderer submitting a compliant tender. This tender return had three options for varying flow rates and pump suppliers. Upon tender review the lowest priced option offering a flow rate of 735 l/s per pump was deemed the most economically advantageous option by the evaluation team. The level of work in the water sector is high in the UK due to the stage in the current water Asset Management Plan (AMP) cycle, hence this may have attributed to the lack of submissions from pump suppliers as main contractor, which would usually be expected for this type of contract as it has been in the past. The original budget for this project was £400,000. This project is £312,919.60 over that budget but can be funded by delaying other projects.
Resource Implications: Sufficient Funds are available in Capital Votes Q00MC10012 Replacement Assets and Q00RL10011 Infrastructure. Q00MC10012 will increase by £160,000 and Q00RL10011 will reduce by £160,000. In order to fund this project as it is of high priority some of the pumping station refurbishments and sewer network refurbishments will be postponed to 2019.
Action required: Officers to produce a Contract document for the Minister for Infrastructure and the Contractor to sign.
Signature:		Position: Minister for Infrastructure (acting through Growth, Housing and Environment)
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):