On 25 July 2023, Cabinet:-
(i)
Agreed retrospectively for the City Council to
be the named grant recipient for the £3m bid by the WMGC to the WMCA’s
Commonwealth Games Legacy Fund to host Sport Accord and should the bid be
successful to accept the grant;
(ii)
Agreed that should the City Council be awarded
the rights to host Sport Accord, it delegates the approval to spend the grant
to the Strategic Director City Operations and authorises the completion of all
legal and procurement matters, associated with the summit, including payment of
the rights fee, to the Strategic Director – City Operations (or their
delegate), in conjunction with the Assistant Director, Procurement (or their
delegate), the Interim Director of Finance (or their delegate) and the City
Solicitor and Monitoring Officer (or their delegate);
(iii)
Delegated authority to the Strategic Director -
City Operations in conjunction with the Assistant Director, Procurement, the
Interim Director of Finance (Section 151) and the City Solicitor &
Monitoring Officer (or their delegates) in consultation with the Cabinet Member
for Finance and Resources to approve a procurement strategy/strategies and then
to award contracts for the procurement over the procurement threshold as
required to deliver the event.
THE DEADLINE FOR CALL IN IS 1600
HOURS ON MONDAY 31 JULY 2023.