Decision details

Albion Street - Building Contract Award

Adur and Worthing have recently embarked on a development programme to help enable it meet the acute demand for affordable and temporary housing within Adur and Worthing.  The site at 11-27 Albion Street, Southwick is in the programme and has JSC approval for its development to provide affordable housing. Planning consent has been obtained for the construction of 55 homes, 6 of which are in a refurbished block. 

A procurement process in line with all Council rules and procedures has been carried out and a full cost and quality assessment of the 3 tenders received was completed with the support of the Council’s Employer’s Agent, Robinson Low Francis. The tender scoring which was based on both cost and quality criteria was refined following a clarification process which resulted in identification of a preferred contractor with whom terms have now been agreed.

The scheme has been allocated c.£2.4m in Homes England Funding, this funding is predicated on the scheme starting on site by February ‘2021. 

All options discussed took place at Informal Cabinet, Joint Strategic Committee and Joint Overview & Scrutiny.