BSF Business Case Development - Stage 3
Stakeholders involved
- DfES
- PFS
- LA Members
- LA Chief Officers
- Children & Young Peoples Service Heads
- School Governors, Head Teachers, Teachers & students
- LA Property Teams
- LA Planning & Highways Dept
- LA Capital Finance Teams
- S151 Officers
- LA HR Teams
The aim of an Outline Business Case (OBC) is to set out in detail the scope, cost, affordability, risks, procurement route and timetable of a project.
The OBC draws from the strategic business case or Strategy for Change, which outline the thinking behind the estate strategy and the objectives of the capital investment. Projects are then more fully detailed and costed in the OBC which covers a specific group of schools at a specific point in time.
The Projects that include an element of
Once these approvals have been achieved the LA can begin procuring a partner to deliver its BSF project.
LA Resource requirements
Existing Resources
- Children & Young Peoples Directorate Heads of Service
- Executive Director
- Members holding CYP portfolio
- Head Teachers & Governors
- FM & property services
- Capital programme management teams
- Planning & Highways Departments
Additional Resources
- Project Director
- Educational Consultants
- Special Needs Consultants
- Communications staff
- Administrative & Support staff
- Document controllers
- ICT consultants
- FM Specialists
- Planning consultatnts
- Cost analysts
- Quantity Surveyors
- Structural surveyors
- Financial planner/PFI modellers
- Procurement specialists
- Programme Manager
- Project Manager (s)
- External Legal Team
- External Finance Advisors
Deliverables
- Detailed analysis of additional costs, SEN provision, ICT, FM (whole life assumptions), PFI and D&B assumptions.
- Financial modelling and needs gap analysis
- Drafting of OBC
- Approval by LA stakeholders & Members (includes commitments to meet unfunded costs)
- PFI funding approved by the Treasury-led Project Review Group (PRG).
- OBC submitted to PfS and the DfES for approval
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