Issue details

The Council have been undertaking works to construct a new 6 bedroom children’s care home to house short to medium term placements, with an intervention centre where intensive work can be undertaken with children and families, to prepare children into moving into stable and long-term family settings.

The Council & John Graham Construction Ltd are currently under contract via a NEC3 Option A contract.

Approval to enter into this contract, at a cost of £2,441,921, was given via DPR in January 2020. Further to agreement of the Final Account this report is now seeking approval to vary the contract to a revised value of £2,761,843.47.