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A435 Cheltenham to Bishops Cleeve Cycle track – Contract Procurement

Meeting: 29/03/2023 - Cabinet (Item 13)

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Decision:

 

Cllr David Gray, Environment and Planning, sought Cabinet approval to undertake a competitive procurement process for the supply of highway construction works and to award such contracts to the preferred tenderers.

 

 

Having considered all of the information, Cabinet noted the report and

 

RESOLVED to:

 

Delegate authority to the Assistant Director for Highways and Infrastructure (in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Environment and Planning) to:

 

1. Conduct a competitive procurement process in respect of one or more contracts for the supply of highway works in relation to the A435 Cheltenham to Bishops Cleeve Cycle Track

 

2. Award such contracts to the preferred tenderer(s);

Minutes:

 

13.1    Cllr David Gray, Environment and Planning, sought Cabinet approval to undertake a competitive procurement process for the supply of highway construction works and to award such contracts to the preferred tenderers.

 

13.2    Members noted the Council’s commitment to deliver a 26-mile Cycle Spine running from Bishops Cleeve in the North to Stroud in the South. The County Council was committed to tackling climate change and creating a Greener Gloucestershire.

 

13.3    The report related to the next section of the cycle spine to be delivered and would provide sustainable travel infrastructure between Cheltenham and Bishops Cleeve. This was an important element of the overall scheme and the funding for the scheme was secured from the Department for Transport Active Travel Fund, S106 Developer Contributions, DfT Block Grant Funding and Internal Borrowing, up to a total of £14.769 million.

 

 

 

Having considered all of the information, Cabinet noted the report and

 

RESOLVED to:

 

Delegate authority to the Assistant Director for Highways and Infrastructure (in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Environment and Planning) to:

 

1. Conduct a competitive procurement process in respect of one or more contracts for the supply of highway works in relation to the A435 Cheltenham to Bishops Cleeve Cycle Track

 

2. Award such contracts to the preferred tenderer(s);