On 25 July 2023, Cabinet:-
(i) Approved the Full Business Case included
at Appendix 1 to the report, containing the following:
- Approval
to allocate and spend £7m of Council corporate Capital Resources to support the
development
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Delegated to the Strategic Director of City Operations,
in conjunction with the Strategic Director of Council Management, authority to
make bids for and accept subsequent offers of funding from any other
organisations or funders that may be identified as appropriate contributors to
the costs of the proposed works, subject to any funding conditions attached to
the funding offers being acceptable
(ii) Approved the submission of any planning
applications necessary to facilitate the delivery of the proposals set out in
this FBC;
(iii) Noted that the procurement strategy for
the Works (comprising Phase 1 and 2) commenced using Constructing West Midlands
2 (CWM2) Framework Agreement due to the urgency to meet the external funding
deadlines for Phase 1;
(iv) Noted that a Pre-Construction Services
Agreement (PCSA) was entered into for the initial design stage to be completed
for the estimated value of up to £50,000 and approved under Chief Officer
delegated authority to enable the works to meet the fixed deadline of 31 March
2025 for the funding conditions to be met;
(v) Delegated authority to the Strategic
Director of City Operations in conjunction with the Assistant Director,
Procurement, the Strategic Director of Council Management and the City
Solicitor & Monitoring Officer (or their delegates) in consultation with
the Cabinet Member for Finance and Resources to award a contract for the Works
after completion of the PCSA stage, subject to the value being within the
approved budget;
(vi) Authorised the City Solicitor &
Monitoring Officer (or delegate) to execute and complete all legal
documentation necessary to implement the above recommendations.
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