On 26 April 2022, 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 Programme (Appendix 2 to the report) and the anticipated allocation of £10.000m for the delivery of this programme (Appendix 1 to the report);
(iii) Approved the PDD for the Schools’ Basic Need Programme (Appendix 3 to the report) for the delivery of this programme;
(iv) Approved the PDD for the High Needs Provision (Appendix 4 to the report) allocation for the delivery of this programme;
(v) Approved the procurement strategy for the schemes listed in Appendices (i), (ii), (iii) & (iv) above the procurement threshold of £177,897 using Acivico Ltd’s Constructing West Midlands 2 Framework Agreement and delegates the award of contract to the Director for Education & Skills in conjunction with the Interim Assistant Director, Procurement (or their delegate), the Director, Council Management (or their delegate) and the Acting City Solicitor & Monitoring Officer (or their delegate;
(vi) Approves the allocation of £2.000m of Basic Need Grant for the development of Feasibility Studies to inform Full Business Cases in order to deliver the Basic Need and High Needs Provision Programme;
(vii) Approved the allocation of £1.500m of Schools Condition Allocation for Surveys across the whole of the Schools Estate to address Health & Safety and Compliance Issues;
(viii) Noted that in dual funded projects, approval will only be sought for the Council’s contribution to the cost of the project;
(ix) Authorised the City Solicitor to negotiate, execute, seal and complete all necessary documents to give effect to the above recommendations.
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