PART 3FUNCTIONS
Consultation on contracts9
1
The relevant authority must, at least three months prior to the issue of invitations to tender, consult the forum on the terms of any proposed contract for supplies or services being a contract paid or to be paid out of their schools budget where either:—
a
the estimated value of a proposed public services contract is not less than the specific threshold which applies to the relevant authority in pursuance of Regulation 7(1) of the Public Services Contracts Regulations 19934; or
b
the estimated value of a proposed public supply contract is not less than the specific threshold which applies to the relevant authority in pursuance of Regulation 7(2) of the Public Supply Contracts Regulations 19955.
2
The relevant authority must, at least three months before the date on which they propose to finalise the agreement, consult the forum on the terms of any service level agreement under which schools maintained by the relevant authority would be provided with goods or services by the authority and the cost of those goods or services would be met (wholly or partly) out of schools' budget shares.