External Wall System (EWS) Remediation Works - Sutton's Wharf

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The Guinness Partnership has awarded contracts to Stanmore Contractors Ltd. and PRP Architects LLP to design and undertake urgent external wall system and balcony remediation works. The works being carried out are to remove and replace the existing non-compliant external wall system, balconies and associated elements at four buildings in the Tower Hamlets Borough of East London. To address the urgent requirements and ensure building safety of high rise buildings, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) is providing funding for this project via its Building Safety Fund (BSF). It was a requirement of the grant funding award that bidders identify contractors as part of their funding submissions. Deadlines for submissions did not enable a full tender process to be conducted. Lot 1: External Wall System (EWS) Remediation Works The Guinness Partnership had an urgent requirement to enter into contracts to deliver a government-funded external wall system remediation project on one of our housing estates. The Sutton's Wharf scheme in London is comprised of four buildings - Grand Regent Tower, Graphite Point, Titanium Point and Regalia Point; the original external wall system installed on the scheme has been identified as no longer being compliant with Building Regulations (unsafe non-ACM external wall systems) and as such presents an ongoing safety risk to the residents of our buildings. Guinness has been granted c.£26m of funding from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities (DLUHC)'s Building Safety Fund (BSF) (non-ACM buildings) to carry out emergency works to remove the existing external wall system and retrofit a compliant solution, to ensure the safety of the tenants and leaseholders living in these buildings. The BSF bid required that specific contractors and consultants were named as part of the application for grant funding. Due to submission deadlines, it was not possible to identify contractors and consultants via the standard procurement routes laid out in the Public Contract Regulations. Guinness has awarded Lot 1 of this project to Stanmore Contractors Ltd., a contractor already working at a neighbouring site, therefore providing assurance of understanding the buildings on the scheme as well as efficiency in delivery. Due to the urgency to address building safety issues, Guinness has awarded this contract without further competition. Lot 2: Architectural Design of EWS Remediation Project The Guinness Partnership had an urgent requirement to enter into contracts to deliver a government-funded external wall system remediation project on one of our housing estates. The Sutton's Wharf scheme in London is comprised of four buildings - Grand Regent Tower, Graphite Point, Titanium Point and Regalia Point; the original external wall system installed on the scheme has been identified as no longer being compliant with Building Regulations (unsafe non-ACM external wall systems) and as such presents an ongoing safety risk to the residents of our buildings. Guinness has been granted c.£26m of funding from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities (DLUHC)'s Building Safety Fund (BSF) (non-ACM buildings) to carry out emergency works to remove the existing external wall system and retrofit a compliant solution, to ensure the safety of the tenants and leaseholders living in these buildings. The BSF bid required that specific contractors and consultants were named as part of the application for grant funding. Due to submission deadlines, it was not possible to identify contractors and consultants via the standard procurement routes laid out in the Public Contract Regulations. Guinness has awarded Lot 2 of this project to PRP Architects, a consultant already working on a neighbouring site, to carry out the architectural design work on this site, therefore providing assurance of the understanding the buildings on the scheme as well as efficiency in delivery. Due to the urgency to address building safety issues, Guinness has awarded this contract without further competition.