The purpose of this report is to provide the context for a recommendation to accept a government grant offer from the Sheffield City Region of £1,287,587 of funding, as part of the Transforming Cities Fund (TCF) Tranche 2 stage 2. This will fund further design development to take the project to final business case stage.
Decision type: Committee
Reason Key: Expenditure/savings > £500,000;
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Notice of proposed decision first published: 02/12/2021
This decision will be taken under urgency procedures.
Reason for urgency:
There is a need to ensure that the Grant is accepted in advance of Sheffield City Council entering into contract with a design and build contractor to develop the final business case for the HZN project. Following a competitive tendering exercise, this is currently expected to be 21st December 2021.
Scrutiny Committee: Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee;
Department: Place
Contact: Matthew Reynolds Email: matthew.reynolds@sheffield.gov.uk Tel: 07805 746 504.
Date agenda documents available: 10/12/21