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DCAT Scheme of Delegation/decision making matrix Date of issue: September 2021
Type: Minimum/academies with a below green or light green point in time risk rating (POINTER*)
Officer in compliance with ESFA handbook
To ensure proper financial controls and an effective risk register are in place
To maintain a register of business interests
To adopt a Trust-wide procurement policy
To set the delegated levels of authority for contracts
To approve contracts with a value above £200,000 and/or for longer than one thirty-six-month contract
To approve contracts which constitute related party transactions in relation to Executive Officers
To set up and approve Trustee expenses
To open bank accounts
To enter into contracts up to £200,000 and within an agreed budget and for no more than one thirty- six-month period
To make payments within agreed financial limits
To review opportunities for collaborative procurement
To act as a signatory to a bank account
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