Case Study procuring construction. Interserve Ltd. (Contractor) are 41 weeks in on a school extension (The Project), which is to be handed over at the end of week 60. The project is on an existing occupied secondary school site for Merthyr Co

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1. The Project

Interserve Ltd. ('Contractor') are 41 weeks in on a school extension ('The Project'), which is to be handed over at the end of week 60. The project is on an existing occupied secondary school site for Merthyr Council ('Client') in Wales.

The procurement approach is a novated Design & Build (D&B), as Capita the design team partner ('DTP') were the client's representative, who conducted the feasibility studies/site tests, as well as school design up to RIBA stage C along with conducting the tenders. It was decided to involve the successful contractor from RIBA stage D onwards in order to develop the sketch plans into detailed design and cost proposals. This would allow the contractor to bring direct market knowledge along with buildability advice to the table

The contractor was awarded the project after a two-stage tender process, with the 1st stage based on outline specification and preliminary cost plan details for pre-construction, mobilisation, components, direct and sub-contract fees along with a quality element. The 2nd stage was