At a MEETING of the - Dundee City Council

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II ARDLER COMPLEX - CAFÉ BAR EXTENSION
There was submitted Agenda Note AN159-2005 whereby reference was made to Article XI of the
meeting of the Communities Committee held on 8th November 2004 when the Committee authorised
the City Architectural Services Officer to obtain offers, tenders or partnership agreements for the
Ardler Complex Café Bar Extension and the Depute Chief Executive (Support Services), in
conjunction with the Head of Communities, be authorised to accept the offers, tenders/partnership
agreements as recommended by the City Architectural Services Officer up to a total cost of £440,000.
Competitive tenders had now been received from five contractors and the total cost of the project
brought out using the lowest offer, that of Hall and Tawse Limited T/A Mansell, Dundee, was as
follows:-
Lowest Tender
Allowance for work in connection with Building
£366,751
Control and Loose Furniture
£15,800
Building Warrant £2,056
Planning Supervisor £2,766
Professional Services £52,554
Total Cost of Project £439,927
The Committee noted that an acceptance would be issued as soon as possible to the successful
contractor.
III SOCIAL INCLUSION PARTNERSHIP - ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES 2004/2005
Councillors Grant and W Dawson declared a non financial interest in this report being City Council
representatives on the Grey Lodge Settlement Association.
There was submitted Report No 227-2005 by the Head of Communities detailing proposals from the
SIP Board for the allocation of funding for SIP 1 from Communities Scotland.
It was reported for the information of the Committee that the Head of Communities, after consultation
with the Convener and Spokespersons of the Other Groups, had approved payments of the grants
detailed in Appendices A, B and C of the Report in view of the timescales involved.
IV ROOFING REPAIRS
There was submitted Report No 247-2005 by the Head of Communities seeking approval for the
carrying out of urgent roofing works to Coldside Library up to a total cost of £47,000 as part of the
Capital Roofing Works Programme for 2005/06.
The Committee agreed that the City Architectural Services Officer be authorised to obtain offers,
tenders or partnership agreements for the roofing work and the Depute Chief Executive (Support
Services), in conjunction with the Head of Communities, be authorised to accept the offers,
tenders/partnership agreements as recommended by the City Architectural Services Officer.
V PROPERTY UPGRADES 2005/2006 - PHASE 1
There was submitted Report No 248-2005 by the Head of Communities seeking approval for the City
Architectural Services Officer to obtain offers, tenders or negotiate partnerships and for the Depute
Chief Executive (Support Services), in conjunction with Head of Communities, to accept these
offers/tenders/partnership agreements for Property Upgrades up to an total cost of £85,000 as
detailed in Appendix 1 of the report. It was noted that a project for Kirkton heating upgrade had been
approved by the Communities Committee at its meeting on 19th April 2004. However, in order to
make the savings requirement in 2004/2005, the project timeline had been amended to enable Phase
1 to be split over financial years 2004/05 and 2005/06. The estimated cost of this upgrade was
£50,000. Additional proposals totalled £35,000 for the installation of water chillers at various sites and
the refurbishment of toilet block to storage area at Kirkton Community Centre and Library.