2019-10-08 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                              8 OCTOBER 2019


4                        1819T084 RUFOUS STREET STAGE 3 CONTRACT AWARD
DOCUMENT INFORM AT ION




Author                              Director Community Services, Kerri Contini

Index                               ECM/ 46.02 - Council Owned Buildings / Properties

Attachments                         1.   Preliminary design images
                                    2.   Crowe Australasia Probity Report
                                    3.   1819T084 Evaluation Workbooks – Separable Portion 1, 2 and 3



EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This report provides a recommendation for the tender award to the preferred contractor for the
Design and Construction of the Rufous Street Beach Community House, Overflow Carpark and
landscape works.

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Director Community Services to the Services & Organisation
Committee Meeting dated 8 October 2019 and award the tender 1819T084 – for the Design and
Construction of Rufous Street Community House (Stage 3) and Car Park to Ri-con Contractors
Pty Ltd.


REPORT

1.                       Background
Council received a combined $2.7 million of grant funding from the Federal Government under
the ‘Building Better Regions’ and the State Government under the ‘Maturing the Infrastructure
Pipeline Program’ to construct the third stage of the Rufous Street Masterplan, which included
the two major elements of the new Peregian Beach Community House and repurposing the
existing community house to expand the Digital Hub.
Council has progressed the design and tendered for the following three separable portions of
Stage 3:
   New Peregian Beach Community House building;
   New 23-space overflow carpark beside Di Hurst oval, and
   Landscaping to the open greenspace.
Once all of Stage 3 is constructed, this will total $10.2M of Council, State and Federal
Government investment into the Rufous Street precinct over the past 5 years which includes:
                       2014-5 Land purchase and site preparations at a cost of $1M
                       2016-18 Masterplan for the Rufous St precinct, design and construction of Rufous Street,
                         Digital Hub and car parking at a cost of $4M
                       2019 - 2020 Planning, Design and construction of New community house, Digital Hub
                         expansion, additional car parking and greenspace at cost of $5.2M

2.                       Design
The preliminary design for each component was refined in accordance with the general layout of
the Rufous Street Masterplan and concept design and in consultation with the Peregian Beach
Community House committee and Rufous Street Project Control Group. The preliminary design
is also in accordance with the MCU approval.

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