Decision details
To allocate UKSPF funding to CHY Consultancy to run the Construction Skills Initiative through intervention E38
Decision Maker: Chief Operating Officer
Decision status: Decision Made
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Decision:
York has been allocated £5.1m from the
UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) to implement the investment plan
that was agreed by DLUHC in January 2023. In October 2022, CYC
Executive gave delegated authority to the Corporate Director of
Place to implement this Investment Plan, in consultation with the
relevant Executive Members and the York UKSPF Partnership Board.
This delegation was reconfirmed in October 2023 when Executive
considered the results of a light touch review of the programme,
which included allocating skills funding to the Construction Skills
Initiative. Due to the senior management restructure, the decision
has been made by the COO who is able to make any decisions that are
delegated to any Directors.
Executive considered detailed plans for a Construction Skills
Initiative at its February 2024 meeting, noting progress and
reiterating their support for the project. In order to implement
the project, which was due to commence in April 2024, a call for
expressions of interest was made in March 2024 through the
Yortender portal. Six expressions of interest were received, and
the businesses expressing interest were then invited to submit
grant funding applications following the process outlined in the
York UKSPF Assurance Framework. The brief for the project split the
work into two separate Lots, one focusing on overall project
management, the development of the partnership, and supporting CYC
to embed new processes to support Employment and Skills plans for
major construction projects (£140k), and the second Lot
focused on the provision of on-site construction training
(£160k). CHY Consultancy submitted the only proposals,
scoring 79/100 for Lot 1 and 77/100 for Lot 2, above the threshold
score of 70/100 for projects to be fundable for a total value of
£299,740.
UKSPF funding must all be spent by the end of the current financial
year, when the current programme finishes and any unspent funds
must be returned to Government. It is hoped that future equivalent
funding will be available to extend and expand the CSI after that
date, with the expectation that this would be through the new
Mayoral Combined Authority.
Decision: Award £299,740 to CHY Consultancy to deliver the
York Construction Skills Initiative.
Options Considered:
Option 1: Award funding to CHY
Consultancy
Option 2: Reopen the grant competition and seek further
applications
Option 3: Do not award funds, cancelling the Construction Skills
Initiative
Options Rejected:
Option 2: As six companies were invited to bid
and CHY Consultancy submitted applications of a standard which
justify awarding funding, there is no reason to seek further
applications.
Option 3: The Executive Member, Executive and the Partnership have
supported establishing the CSI and we have compliant bids at the
standard required to award funding, so there is no reason not to
award.
Publication date: 18/06/2024
Date of decision: 18/06/2024
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