Agenda item

Report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services

The Committee received a report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services in respect of the repairs and redecorations programme for the Barbican Estate.

During the discussion of this item, the following matters were raised/noted:

• Members asked to see the outline programme of works.
• Officers advised that, when works were planned, they were co-ordinated with the Arts Centre.
• Members noted that the report before them had been written following consultation with contractors. 
• Officers explained that one-off contracts were more expensive than longer-term agreements but if value for money could not be achieved, then a longer-term contract would not be entered into.
• Members asked for a comparator against the previous method and suggested that an officer from the Chamberlain’s Procurement Team be in attendance at the BRC when this report was discussed.

RESOLVED, that:

A revised report, addressing the concerns set out above, be presented to the Barbican Residential Committee on 8 December 2014.