Issue details
Accessible Oldham Strategic Partnership
The Transportation and Planning Team in
collaboration with Unity Partnership have successfully bid for
several capital funded multi-disciplinary highway improvement
programme of work, namely Growth Deal 3 (GD3) and Mayor’s
Cycling and Walking Challenge Fund (MCF). The funds (cumulatively
amounting to circa £16.5m) are managed by Transport for
Greater Manchester (TfGM) under the overarching administration of
Department for Transport (DfT).
For Oldham Council to deliver the programme it was considered
necessary to seek a mid-term (4 years) Strategic Partner (Partner)
to assist the Delivery Team at key stages of the bidding, design
and construction work. The current method of delivery of the
highway construction work can take upwards of 12 weeks from tender
stage to commencement on site. In order to deliver the GD3 and MCF
programme within the set timeframe, a more streamlined method of
procuring construction work is required.
The intention is that individual projects will be procured via a
Call Off procedure under the Strategic Partnership Agreement. This
will require Director sign off (in liaison with the Directors of
Finance and Legal Services) rather than an individual Cabinet
report for each element of work.
Decision type: Key
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Notice of proposed decision first published: 03/08/2021
Decision due: 13 Jul 2021 by Deputy Chief Executive -
Lead member: Cabinet Member - Neighbourhoods
Contact: Jeannette Whitney, Technical Support Admin Email: naz.huda@unitypartnership.com Email: jeanette.whitney@oldham.gov.uk.
Consultation process
Not applicable
Decisions
- 03/08/2021 - Accessible Oldham Strategic Partnership