Issue - meetings
Universal Infant Free School Meals - allocation and use of capital grant funding
Meeting: 24/03/2014 - Executive (Item 7)
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In order to enable schools to meet the minimum requirements by September 2014, this report seeks Executive approval for the development of a costed programme of works to schools to enable the delivery of Universal Infant Free School Meals (UIFSM). The report also requests Delegated Authority to agree the pre-tender considerations and the award of a work contract or contracts to deliver prioritised schemes arising from the programme of works.
Additional documents:
- rg-universal-school-meals-app1, item 7 PDF 788 KB
- rg-universal-school-meals-app2-eia, item 7 PDF 120 KB
Decision:
(i) that be noted that the Operational Director for Regeneration and Growth (Property and Projects would develop a costed programme of works at schools as described in the report for the delivery of Universal Infants Free School Meals for agreement by the officer-level Major Projects Review Panel.
(ii) that approval be given to the use of capital from the sources described in this report to deliver the programme of works once agreed;
(iii) that authority be delegated to the Strategic Director of Regeneration and Growth to agree the pre-tender considerations (including evaluation criteria) for the procurement of a works contractor or contractors for the delivery of the programme, and for the procurement of design services if not delivered in-house;
(iv) that authority be delegated to the Strategic Director of Regeneration & Growth in consultation with the Chief Finance Officer to award the contract(s) referred to in paragraph (ii) above.
Minutes:
On 23 January 2014, the Minister of State for Schools outlined the basis of how local authorities and head-teachers were to be supported in enabling schools to comply with government requirements in offering universal free school meals to all children in Key Stage 1 from September 2014 and announced that £150 million capital funding would be available to local authorities, dioceses and trustees of voluntary aided schools to support schools in providing free school meals. In order to enable schools to meet the minimum requirements by September 2014, the report from the Director of Children and Families sought approval for the development of a costed programme of works to schools to enable the delivery of Universal Infant Free School Meals. The report also requested delegated authority to agree the pre-tender considerations and the award of a work contract or contracts to deliver prioritised schemes arising from the programme of works.
Councillor Crane (Lead Member, Regeneration and Major Projects) in introducing the report, referred to the tight timescales involved to have provision in place by September 2014 and Councillor Pavey (Lead Member, Children and Families) regretted the lack of time and funding.
RESOLVED:
(i) that be noted that the Operational Director for Regeneration and Growth (Property and Projects) would develop a costed programme of works at schools as described in the report from the Strategic Director of Regeneration and Growth for the delivery of Universal Infants Free School Meals for agreement by the officer-level Major Projects Review Panel;
(ii) that approval be given to the use of capital from the sources described in the report to deliver the programme of works once agreed;
(iii) that authority be delegated to the Strategic Director of Regeneration and Growth to agree the pre-tender considerations (including evaluation criteria) for the procurement of a works contractor or contractors for the delivery of the programme, and for the procurement of design services if not delivered in-house;
(iv) that authority be delegated to the Strategic Director of Regeneration and Growth in consultation with the Chief Finance Officer to award the contract(s) referred to above.