1. To
approve the Business Justification Case for the Environmental Biotechnology
Centre and to authorise the Portfolio Director, in consultation with the chair,
the Section 151 Officer and the Monitoring Officer, to agree and enter into a
funding agreement with Bangor University for the delivery of the project,
subject to Bangor University addressing the outstanding issues noted in Section
7 of the Report and securing all necessary internal approvals for the project.
2. To
note that there will be two further procurement steps to deliver the project
and to delegate to the Portfolio Director, in consultation with the Chair,
Vice-chair, Section 151 Officer and the Monitoring Officer to approve
procurement details and allocate prior to releasing funding for these steps.