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This report seeks the grant acceptance of £61,080 of City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS) funding to develop a ‘Bus Pinch Point Scheme’ for the Ashton Road West/Lord Lane Roundabout to improve the efficiency of the junction for buses and improve pedestrian facilities across, and in the vicinity of the junction.

RESOLVED
That the grant offer from the City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS) Bus Pinch Point Programme be accepted and included in the capital programme for 2024/25 financial year to enable the development of this scheme.

To seek approval to appoint S I Sealy & Associates Limited to provide Mechanical & Electrical (M&E) design services and tender documentation via the direct award process for the purpose of seeking
tenders for the refurbishment of the Marlborough
Street Community Centre.

Requirement to refurbish and undertake necessary
M&E alterations to the Marlborough Street
Community Centre to ensure this community space is
available for use by the local community as quickly as
possible.

Oldham Borough Council, Property Section have
worked in partnership with SI Sealy previously on
schemes, which have been delivered to the standard
and quality expected from Oldham Council. It is for
this known entity and requirement to expedite
production of tender documentation to progress the
works that this appointment is being recommended.

RESOLVED - That:
To directly award the M&E Design Services to S I Sealy. They have provided a written submission confirming they can meet the
requirements of the Council in accordance with the terms and conditions in the compliant Framework Agreement (Rise) for £27,000.00.

Due to the Council’s previous knowledge and experience of working with S I Sealy, together with confirmation that they are already on a Framework,
makes a direct award the preferred option as the procurement process can be achieved quickly meeting the Councils requirement to progress the
scheme.

To allocate grant funding of £2,419,369.23 from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) to Oldham Council to deliver the Household Support Fund over the period 1 April to 30 September 2024.

RESOLVED - That:
Option 2 reflects a balanced scheme that considers the broadest reach in balancing support across the breadth of low-income households as close to the first point of contact as possible whilst fulfilling the grant funding criteria within the limited time allocation.

To accept £1.3m grant funding from the DESNZ Local Net Zero Accelerator programme via GMCA;
To accept £30K grant funding from the Innovate UK Net Zero Living Pathfinder Places programme;
To appoint Ernst & Young to the role of Independent Assurance Provider to support the 15-year delivery programme, at a cost of circa £725K, £400K of which will be covered by the DESNZ grant funding and the remainder will be covered by contributions from the main Oldham Green New Deal Delivery Partner over the 15-year lifetime of the programme.
To appoint Womble Bond Dickinson as the Council’s Legal advisors for both the Oldham Green New Deal Delivery Partnership (at a cost of £100K, to be funded from the DESNZ grant) and the Oldham Low Carbon Heat Network Commercialisation work (at a cost of £150K, to be funded from the Green Heat Network Fund grant)
To appoint Carbon Co-op and First Choice Homes Oldham to deliver specific aspects of the Oldham Green New Deal Delivery Partnership project, to be funded from the DESNZ grant.

RESOLVED - That:
Option 2 (preferred option) – accept the grant funding and appoint consultants. Under this option the work to establish a Green New Deal Delivery Partnership will progress.

Oldham Council has secured funding from the following source:

• Environment Agency – Grant in Aid

The purpose of this report is to confirm the value of the grant currently available to Oldham - £110,000 and to notify the Portfolio Holder of the intention to bring this additional resource into the transport capital programme to commence delivery of the scheme.

RESOLVED - That:
Option 1: accept the grant offer and deliver the
above scheme in an appropriate timescale