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Having confirmed in February that Grenfell tower would be ‘carefully taken down,’ the government has now revealed which firm will get the £12m contract to carry out the work.
Deconstruct (UK) is currently responsible for the maintenance and safety of the site, including its regular ‘rewrapping’ to cover up the building. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government published a procurement notice on 25 April which set out how it had completed the process to vary the existing contract with Deconstruct (UK) to allow it to “provide for planned deconstruction services of Grenfell Tower to ground level.”
The reason for taking this approach and not holding on open competition for the work is provided in the notice, where it states that the change “would cause significant inconvenience and substantial duplication of costs.” The company has worked on the site since the fire in 2017 and the value of its existing contract is just over £24m, with this contract extension adding a further 50% to the total value.
“We are seeking to avoid needing to carry out emergency or unplanned deconstruction if safety risks increase.”
The Deputy Prime Minister met bereaved, survivors and residents to advise them of the decision to demolish the Tower, this was met with dismay with Grenfell United saying that “Ignoring the voices of bereaved on the future of our loved ones’ gravesite is disgraceful and unforgivable.”
For more background, read the final Grenfell Tower Inquiry report – New laws and regulation will take years to fix the problems after Grenfell.
