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On 16 May 2023, Cabinet:-
(i) Noted the progress on the delivery of the Schools’ Condition Programme and Schools’ Basic Need Capital Programme, as outlined in this report;
(ii) Approved the PDD for the Schools’ Condition (SCA) Programme (Appendix 2 to the report) and the anticipated allocation of £14.000m for the delivery of this programme;
(iii) Approved the PDD for the Schools’ Basic Need (BN) Programme (Appendix 3 to the report) for the delivery of this programme;
(iv) Approved the procurement strategy for the Basic Need and Schools’ Condition Allocation schemes above the procurement governance threshold of £177,897 to use Acivico Ltd’s Constructing West Midlands 2 Framework Agreement and delegates the award of contract to the Cabinet Members for Children, Young People & Families and Finance & Resources in conjunction with the Director for Education & Skills;
(v) Approved the allocation of £5.000m of Basic Need Grant for the development of Feasibility Studies to inform Full Business Cases (FBC) in order to deliver the Basic Need and High Needs Provision Programme;
(vi) Noted that in dual funded projects, approval will only be sought for the Council’s contribution to the cost of the project;
(vii) Noted and reaffirms a decision made by Cabinet on 26th March 2019 increasing the delegated authority level for the Director for Education and Skills, from £200k to £500k for schools’ emergency reactive maintenance Page 3 of 8 projects and approve the extension of this delegation for projects to meet our statutory duty to provide additional pupil place.Any decisions approved under this delegation will be notified to the Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Families and the Cabinet Member for Finance and Resources on a quarterly basis;
(viii) Authorised the City Solicitor and Monitoring Officer to negotiate, execute, seal and complete all necessary documents to give effect to the above recommendations;
(ix) Delegated the approval of Capital Project and Programme overspends to be approved by the relevant decision maker in line with resource thresholds outlined in the Birmingham City Council Constitution document.
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