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MODERNISING EDUCATION PROGRAMME MIM 21st CENTURY SCHOOLS WELSH EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP - STRATEGIC PARTNERING AGREEMENT

Meeting: 21/09/2020 - Cabinet (Item 14)

MODERNISING EDUCATION PROGRAMME MIM 21st CENTURY SCHOOLS WELSH EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP - STRATEGIC PARTNERING AGREEMENT

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Following the application of the public interest test it was RESOLVED pursuant to the Act referred to in minute no. 12 above not to publicise the content of the report as it contained exempt information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the Authority holding that information) (Paragraph 14 and 16 of Part 4 of Schedule 12A to the Act).

 

Although the public interest test would normally favour transparency and openness, this is outweighed by the public interest in maintaining confidentiality in this case (i) so as not to damage the commercial interests of the preferred /bidder company; (ii) so as to protect the Authority’s and the other Participants’ interests in connection with the legal advice provided to them in connection with these documents.

 

The Executive Board considered a report on the Mutual Investment Model 21st Century Schools Education Partnership – Strategic Partnering Agreement.

 

The Executive Board was advised that with agreement of the Chairs of the Education & Children Scrutiny and Policy & Resource Scrutiny Committee, under Article 6.7 of the Constitution the call-in period had been waived.  This was to enable the Authority to meet the deadline set by the Welsh Government

 

UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED TO:

14.1

Note the progress of the Preferred Bidder Stage of the Competitive Dialogue Procedure under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as outlined in this report;

14.2

Approve the execution, delivery and performance of the Strategic Partnering Agreement with the Welsh Education Partnership Co in September 2020 to facilitate the delivery of a range of infrastructure services and the delivery of education and community facilities;

14.3

Approve the Strategic Partnering Agreement at exempt Appendix A of this report and summarised in Appendix 1 of this report so as to give effect to recommendation (b);

14.4

Note that the Strategic Partnering Agreement shall be executed as a deed and attested in accordance with Article 13.5 of the Constitution;

14.5

Approve the appointment of Simon Davies as ‘Participant Representative’ to sit on the Strategic Partnering Board;

14.6

Note that in agreeing to the Strategic Partnering Agreement, it is not being asked to decide to proceed with any Project at present. Any recommendation to proceed with a Project will be reported back to Executive Board in future report(s) for decision.