PCD 1848 PSD Brixton Police Station Welfare Facility Upgrade

Executive Summary:  

This paper seeks approval for MPS to improve the existing welfare and drainage facilities at Brixton Police Station. 

Recommendation:  

The Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime is recommended to:   

1. Approve total capital spend of £1.510m at Brixton Police Station to upgrade existing welfare facilities and replace the existing drainage system, to be funded from the forward works budget; and 

2. Delegate authority to the Director of Commercial Services to procure and award contracts for the associated professional services and construction works. 

PART I - NON-CONFIDENTIAL FACTS AND ADVICE TO THE DMPC 

1. Introduction and background  

1. Brixton Police Station was originally constructed in 1953, the building has been extended and adapted a number of times to increase capacity to meet operational need. The existing gravity fed drainage system has been in place since the original construction of the building and is now life expired and in poor condition. 

2. The condition of the drainage system has deteriorated over the last 12 months with 168 repair work orders raised during the period January 2024 – January 2025, many of which were in response to flooding within the building. This has caused significant disruption to operational staff working within the building. It should also be noted the Federation and PCS unions have raised concerns on behalf of police officers and staff.  The works recommended within this report will resolve these issues, will prevent the continued deterioration of the drainage system and will remove the ongoing risk of sewage and wastewater floods to the building due to the age and poor condition of the current drainage system.  

2. Issues for consideration 

1. It should be noted that if this work is approved, without provision of additional funding, other high priority schemes will need to be reprogrammed for later years in order to prioritise these works.  

2. It should also be noted, it is anticipated the maintenance cost of the new system will be offset by the reduction in reactive call outs and repairs.  

3. Financial Comments  

1. The cost of the new drainage system will be £1.510m in capital expenditure. This will be funded from the MPS Forward Works capital budget and has been included in the programmed spend for 2025/26. 

2. There are no expected revenue cost implications arising from these works as the small ongoing operating cost of the new drainage system will be offset by the reduced reactive maintenance and repair costs currently being incurred. 

4. Legal Comments 

1. The Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (“MOPAC”) is a contracting authority as defined in the Procurement Act 2023 (“the Act”).  All awards of public contracts for goods and/or services valued at £0.215m or above and all awards of public contracts for works valued at £5.373m or above must be procured in accordance with the Regulations and Act.  This Report confirms the associated professional services and construction works shall be procured compliantly. 

2. Paragraph 4.8 of the MOPAC Scheme of Delegation and Consent provides that the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime (DMPC) has delegated authority to approve business cases for revenue or capital expenditure of £500,000 or above. 

3. Paragraph 4.13 of the MOPAC Scheme of Delegation and Consent provides that the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime (DMPC) has delegated authority to approve all requests to go out to tender for contracts of £500,000 or above.   

4. Regulation 72 permits MOPAC to modify a contract in limited circumstances where certain conditions are met. MPS assure that the conditions have been met. 

5. Commercial Issues  

1. The MPS assure the procurement of these frameworks will be procured compliantly under the new Procurement Act 2023.  

2. The Frameworks will be procured with regard to the Government’s new National Procurement Policy Statement (upon publication in 2025), social value procurement policy notices and key ambitions within the London Mayor’s Responsible Procurement Policy 2022-2024. 

3. MOPAC’s strategy to consider collaborative arrangements with the rest of the GLA family will be supported as the new frameworks will be procured on the basis that they are ‘open’ to the wider GLA authority family.  

6. GDPR and Data Privacy  

1. MOPAC will adhere to the Data Protection Act (DPA) 2018 and ensure that any organisations who are commissioned to do work with or on behalf of MOPAC are fully compliant with the policy and understand their GDPR responsibilities.   

2. Further issues for consideration are contained in the restricted section of the report. 

7. Equality Comments

1. MOPAC is required to comply with the public sector equality duty set out in section 149(1) of the Equality Act 2010. This requires MOPAC to have due regard to the need to eliminate discrimination, advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations by reference to people with protected characteristics. The protected characteristics are: age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. 

8. Background/supporting papers 

• Appendix 1 MPS Report – Brixton PS – Welfare Facility Upgrade