At a MEETING of the - Dundee City Council
At a MEETING of the - Dundee City Council
At a MEETING of the - Dundee City Council
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IV TENDERS RECEIVED<br />
(a) TENDERS RECEIVED BY CITY ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES OFFICER<br />
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The <strong>City</strong> Architectural Services Officer submitted Report No 235-2005 on <strong>the</strong> <strong>of</strong>fer by <strong>Dundee</strong><br />
Contract Services to carry out ro<strong>of</strong> replacement at Dawson Park Bowling Pavilion under <strong>the</strong> Property<br />
Maintenance Small Works Partnership for <strong>the</strong> sum <strong>of</strong> £21,900 toge<strong>the</strong>r with allowances <strong>of</strong> £340 for<br />
Planning Supervisor and £3,692 for pr<strong>of</strong>essional services making a total expenditure <strong>of</strong> £25,932.<br />
The Committee agreed to accept <strong>the</strong> <strong>of</strong>fer.<br />
(b) TENDERS RECEIVED BY CITY ENGINEER<br />
The <strong>City</strong> Engineer submitted Report No 212-2005 giving details <strong>of</strong> <strong>of</strong>fers received for Dudhope Skate<br />
Park.<br />
The Committee agreed to accept <strong>the</strong> lowest <strong>of</strong>fer by Clachan Construction amounting to £189,696.60<br />
toge<strong>the</strong>r with allowances <strong>of</strong> £10,000 for contingencies, £6,303.40 for grass seeding and remedial<br />
works and £24,000 for pr<strong>of</strong>essional fees making a total expenditure <strong>of</strong> £230,000 which would be<br />
funded in its entirety from Quality <strong>of</strong> Life Funding.<br />
V CAMPERDOWN WILDLIFE CENTRE - EXTENSION TO CONTRACT - CREATION<br />
OF BROCH - INTERPRETATION/EXHIBITION BUILDING<br />
On a reference to Article III(a)(iii) <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> minute <strong>of</strong> meeting <strong>of</strong> this Committee <strong>of</strong> 17 January 2005 <strong>the</strong><br />
<strong>City</strong> Architectural Services Officer submitted Report No 236-2005 requesting approval to extend <strong>the</strong><br />
existing contract.<br />
The Committee agreed to extend <strong>the</strong> existing contract with Clachan Construction Limited to include<br />
<strong>the</strong> above project at an estimated additional expenditure <strong>of</strong> £40,000.<br />
VI OLYMPIA LEISURE CENTRE<br />
(a) IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME<br />
There was submitted Agenda Note AN151-2005 advising that an <strong>of</strong>fer amounting to £23,037 had been<br />
received from Specialist Contractor, Aqua Systems, Denmark for an ultraviolet water treatment unit for<br />
<strong>the</strong> Toddler Pool and Leisure Pool.<br />
The Committee agreed to accept <strong>the</strong> <strong>of</strong>fer.<br />
(b) PILOT ADVERTISEMENT INITIATIVE<br />
There was submitted Agenda Note AN152-2005 advising that <strong>the</strong> Department had been approached<br />
by RENT2AD, <strong>Dundee</strong> who wished to locate adverts inside lockers within leisure centres.<br />
The Committee remitted to <strong>the</strong> Director <strong>of</strong> Economic Development to enter into a Lease Agreement<br />
with RENT2AD, <strong>Dundee</strong> for <strong>the</strong> pilot scheme which would run from May to November 2005 for<br />
Olympia only and noted that should <strong>the</strong> scheme be successful this be progressed and renegotiated for<br />
o<strong>the</strong>r centres.<br />
VII DUNDEE VISUAL ARTISTS AWARDS - REQUEST TO INCREASE GRANT<br />
There was submitted Agenda Note AN153-2005 advising that <strong>the</strong> Scottish Arts <strong>Council</strong> had agreed to<br />
consider increasing <strong>the</strong>ir level <strong>of</strong> partnership spending and had requested that <strong>Dundee</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>Council</strong><br />
raise <strong>the</strong> maximum grant to all applicants from £500 to £1,000.<br />
The Committee agreed to <strong>the</strong> request and noted that <strong>the</strong> deadlines for applications in 2005 were<br />
Wednesday, 25th May and Wednesday, 23rd November respectively.