On 10 February 2026 Cabinet:-
(i) Agreed and recommends to the City Council
for approval at its Council Tax-setting meeting the 2025/26 to 2028/29 Capital
Programme and Capital Strategy;
(ii) Approved the Outline Business Cases and
proposed costs and profile of spend for additional projects into the Capital
Programme (Appendices 5-18 to the report). Noted that these have had funding
allocated that does not include the use of Prudential Borrowing;
(iii) Approved the delegation of the contract
awards and Full Business Cases, including approval to spend, for the projects
detailed in Table 5 to the report, to the Executive Director of Finance and
Section 151 Officer in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Finance;
(iv) Approved development costs to produce the
Full Business Case, as set out in paragraph 4.12 to the report;
(v) In relation to the Community Libraries
2026/27 & 2027/28 Outline Business Case (OBC), (Appendix 7 to the report)
approved the following:
a) Approved the spend of up to £1.439m in
2026/27 for professional fees, including a pre-construction service agreement
(PCSA) with the successful contractor, works related to the replacement of fire
doors and works related to the transformation of Community Hubs as detailed in
E1 and F6 of the OBC;
b) Approved officers to instruct Acivico Ltd
in the sum of £738,814 to develop the proposal to RIBA Plan of Works Stage 4;
c) Approved the strategy and commencement if
procurement activities using the Capital Works Constructing West Midland 2
Framework Lot 1;
d) Noted that the contract for replacement of
fire doors has been awarded via direct award to specialist contractors CLC and
Cubic. Acivico Ltd and they have been instructed to progress the replacement of
fire doors in public libraries where these buildings are identified for
retention, not to exceed the sum of £0.400m; and
(vi) Authorised
the City Solicitor and Monitoring Officer (or their delegate) to execute and
complete all necessary documentation to give effect to the above decisions.
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