The Director of Children’s Services agreed to:
· Approve the proposed programme of Planned Maintenance works in maintained and Foundation (Trust) schools to be delivered during 2017/18 and funded from the available Schools Condition Allocation grant;
· Authorise expenditure of £8,225,000 of the available Schools Condition Allocation grant on these essential condition works;
· Approve the proposed procurement strategy, including the use of the internal provider for some work areas and the Constructionline framework for the remaining programme;
· Note that works are ongoing with the PPPU to develop an elemental framework that may be utilised to deliver the 2018 onwards programme, and that a separate report and DDN will be submitted for approval in respect of any further costs associated with this ongoing work stream; and
· Note that £3,181,455 of previous year’s School Condition Allocation with pre-existing Authority to Spend is still available to be utilised towards the 2017/18 Capital Maintenance Programme, based on current outturn projections for last year’s maintenance schemes.