In February 2023, following the completion of
competitive tender exercise (using the Crown Commercial Framework),
Grant Thornton UK LLP Limited were appointed to co-develop the
outline business case for a Bus Franchising Scheme at an original
contract price of £753,551.
In November 2023 a variation to the contract of £760,000 was
approved for provision of additional work which was to agree a
capped level of cost for the time and materials aspect of the
contract, facilitating ongoing Senior Management review
discussions.
Approval is now sought to extend Grant Thornton’s contract
from £1.5m by a further £380,000 in order to facilitate
the Independent Audit and responses to the reviewers’
questions about the assessment.
This could not originally be contracted in the absence of an MCA
decision on whether to progress an Independent Audit. That decision
has now been taken on 12 March 2024
The £3m budget for this work was approved at the 4 March 2022
MCA meeting
Decision type: Non-key
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Notice of proposed decision first published: 05/06/2024
Decision due: 5 Jun 2024 by Executive Director of Transport
Contact: Melanie Corcoran, Executive Director of Transport Email: melanie.corcoran@southyorkshire-ca.gov.uk.