Published date: 20 October 2016
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Contract summary
Industry
Legal services - 79100000
Location of contract
West Midlands
Value of contract
£0
Procurement reference
ULT/AH1
Published date
20 October 2016
Closing date
4 November 2016
Contract start date
8 November 2016
Contract end date
31 December 2017
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Open procedure
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
This tender invitation is for the provision of legal services to complete the Academy Conversion of five schools as a Multi-Academy Trust in agreement with the DfE, to include, but not limited to:
• The funding agreements, including master funding agreement
• The Commercial Transfer Agreement
• The property and land transfer including the DfE Land Questionnaire and site due diligence
• Employment transfer of staff (TUPE)
• Establishing the Multi-Academy Trust including registration with Companies House
It is also to add a further eight schools to the Multi-Academy Trust who are committed to join the trust and will be submitting applications in January 2017 to convert and to provide a price per school for any additional schools to be added to the Multi-Academy Trust awarded an academy order before the end of 2017.
The initial group of five includes a High School, a Middle School and three First Schools, The schools comprise:
• All Saints' C.E. (C) First School, Church Leigh, Stoke-on-Trent, ST10 4PT
• Hutchinson Memorial Church of England (VA) First School, Uttoxeter Road, Stoke-on-Trent, ST10 4NB
• Picknalls First School, Oldfields Road, Uttoxeter, ST14 7QL
• Thomas Alleyne's High School, Dove Bank, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire ST14 8DU
• Windsor Park CE (C) Middle School, Springfield Road, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, ST14 7JX
The further eight schools are:
• Oldfields Hall Middle School, Stone Road, Uttoxeter, ST14 7PL
• Ryecroft C.E. (C) Middle School, Ashbourne Road, Rocester, Staffordshire, ST14 5NW. (This school occupies a shared site with Dove First School, which is currently not committed to joining the Uttoxeter MAT).
• The Richard Clarke First School, Schoolhouse Lane, Abbots Bromley, Nr Rugeley, Staffordshire, WS15 3BT.
• The Saints' Federation. This comprises three schools:
• All Saints' C.E. (VC) First School, Denstone Oak Road, Denstone, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, ST14 5HT
• St. Augustine's C.E. (C) First School, Pipehay Lane, Draycott in the Clay, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, DE6 5BY.
• St. Peter's C.E. (A) First School, Town Head, Alton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST10 4AW
The tender documentation is attached and can be downloaded.
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