Issue details

Appointment of financial and commercial consultancy advisors for the Education and Skills ADM project

The Education and Skills Alternative Delivery Model project was established to identify and assess possible alternative delivery models for the Education & Skills Delivery unit.  This was initially presented to the Children, Education, Libraries and Safeguarding Committee on 12th January 2015, where it was then referred to and approved by a meeting of Full Council on 20th January 2015.  The report and attached outline business case identified the need to procure specialist advisors, including commercial advisors, and included an estimate of approximately £275k for the cost of the commercial advisors.

 

Following a competitive tender exercise, a preferred bidder has been identified and the purpose of this report is to confirm the appointment of the preferred bidder to undertake the work.

 

This report seeks approval:

 

1.    To appoint iMPOWER to provide financial and commercial consultancy support to the Education and Skills Alternative Delivery Model at the quoted rates and in accordance with agreed work packages.

 

Decision type: Non-key

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Wards affected: (All Wards);

Notice of proposed decision first published: 08/04/2015

Decision due: 8 May 2015 by Commercial and Customer Services Director

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