Framework for Council House Delivery Programme

Description

This Framework is to appoint a Contractor for Durham County Council's Council House
Delivery Programme. 
There remains a need for more affordable homes across County Durham and on the 12th July
2023 Durham County Council Cabinet agreed an updated business plan for the Council
House Delivery Programme.
The Framework will be let as a sole supplier agreement with a number one ranked
contractor, with two further contractors held in reserve. The number one placed contractor
will have first discussion over any subsequent scheme. 
Following the Tender process, the main Contractor will enter into a PCSA for the First
Project which will be Greenwood Avenue and Portland Avenue and will work with the Council
and their Technical Advisor, Identity Consult, to develop a contract sums within the
Council's budget. These contract sums will utilise any costs fixed during this tender process.
Future sites will follow the same process but with the inflation mechanism set out in this
tender applied where applicable to the costs in order to agree a contract sum