URL: https://committees.westminster.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=3566

Decision Maker: Cabinet Member for Children and Education

Outcome:

Is Key Decision?: Yes

Is Callable In?: Yes

Purpose: The Cabinet Member will consider the appointment of strategic consultants will provide specialist input across Schools and Children’s Services capital projects.

Content: The Cabinet Member will consider the appointment of strategic consultants will provide specialist input across Schools and Children’s Services capital projects. Summary of Decision: The Cabinet Member has approved the award of strategic consultancy contracts for the Bi-borough Schools Capital Programme to AtkinsRealis UK Limited, Gardiner & Theobald LLP and Pick Everard, alongside an inter-authority agreement enabling RBKC to access the contracts and delegated authority for contract management and extensions.   Reasons for Decision: The appointments will provide specialist architectural, project management and cost consultancy support across all stages of school capital projects, including SEND provision, while improving value for money through a coordinated programme approach that reduces the procurement burden, strengthens oversight and risk management, improves consistency, and enables better cost and programme control across Westminster and RBKC projects.

Date of Decision: September 2, 2026