The Cabinet Member:
1. Authorised the Council to act as the Responsible Body for the self-delivery of the design and build of Manor Drive Primary Academy and Manor Drive Secondary Academy and enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Department for Education to enable a feasibility study to be completed and a capital budget to be set by the DfE.
2. Authorised the Executive Director People and Communities to enter into a Pre-Construction Services Agreement (to include the completion of early works) and subsequently award the design and build contract to the successful DfE Contractors Framework Panel Member.
3. Authorised the Head of Legal Services or delegated officers to enter into any legal documentation on behalf of the Council in relation to this matter.
4. Authorised the Head of Legal Services or delegated officers to enter into a Development Agreement with the DfE and 4C’s Multi Academy Trust, and grant a 125 year lease of the school sites to 4C’s Multi Academies Trust after the defects liability period for the school buildings has expired. 5. Authorise the Executive Director People and Communities to enter into additional agreements if required by the DfE to facilitate the opening of the new schools by 4C’s Multi Academies Trust.
Decision type: Key
Reason Key: Expenditure or savings greater than £500,000;
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Wards affected: Gunthorpe;
Notice of proposed decision first published: 27/09/2019
Decision due: Not before 24th Dec 2019 by Leader of the Council and Deputy Mayor of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority
Lead member: Councillor John Holdich OBE, Leader of the Council and Deputy Mayor of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority john.holdich@peterborough.gov.uk
Lead director: Wendi Ogle-Welbourn
Department: People Services
Contact: Emma Everitt, Capital Projects and Assets Officer Emma Everitt, Capital Projects and Assets Officer, Email: emma.everitt@peterborough.gov.uk Email: emma.everitt@peterborough.gov.uk Tel: 01733 863660.
Consultation process
Relevant internal and external
stakeholders.
Consultation will take place with Ward Cllrs and local
residents
Relevant Scrutiny Committee: Children and Education Scrutiny Committee