Scope
Reference
RIG.26.2526
Description
The Yarm High Street Public Realm has been designed to include new paving and associated materials. The Town Centres Investment Team have been leading on a preconstruction 'PCSA' process to design and cost a public realm improvement scheme along Yarm High Street.
Contract 1. Yarm Public Realm - Paving and Associated Materials
Supplier
Contract value
- £140,000 excluding VAT
- £175,000 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Date signed
9 July 2025
Contract dates
- 1 August 2025 to 31 March 2026
- Possible extension to 30 June 2026
- 11 months
Description of possible extension:
Contract may be extended should the project completion be delayed on site
Main procurement category
Goods
CPV classifications
- 44111100 - Bricks
Contract locations
- UKC11 - Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees
Justification for not setting key performance indicators
Supply of goods only
Other information
Conflicts assessment prepared/revised
Yes
Procedure
Procedure type
Direct award
Direct award justification
- Single supplier - technical reasons
- Extreme and unavoidable urgency
The Yarm High Street Public Realm has been designed to include new paving and associated materials. A design specification was produced and quotes received from a specialist paving supplier, BBS (Brick and Stone) Ltd who are able to procure the materials specified. BBS are also supplying paving to the Stockton Waterfront Scheme, so their performance and reliability is understood. Some of the paving is no longer quarried locally meaning other local suppliers cannot provide the specialist materials within the timescales required to reduce closures of Yarm High Street while the works are completed.
Prices have been checked and are in line with that paid for the stones used on the Stockton Waterfront project.
The urgency surrounding this decision relates to the current deadline for LUF funding which runs out in March 26 when the works need to be completed. This does not leave sufficient time to run a compliant tender process and achieve this completion date. It is also not possible to disaggregate some parts of the requirement for the paving stones and tender these separately as the order to be placed will be for all the materials required to
complete the works.
Supplier
B.B.S. (BRICK AND STONE) LIMITED
- Companies House: 02480948
Wharfe House Wharfebank Mills
Ilkley Road, Otley
LS21 3JP
United Kingdom
Email: sales@bbsnaturalstone.com
Region: UKE42 - Leeds
Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): Yes
Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No
Supported employment provider: No
Public service mutual: No
Contract 1. Yarm Public Realm - Paving and Associated Materials
Contracting authority
Stockton on Tees Borough Council
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PCVQ-6435-GNMW
Dunedin House, Columbia Drive, Thornaby
Stockton on Tees
TS17 6BJ
United Kingdom
Region: UKC11 - Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees
Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government