Issue - meetings

 Report by the Service Director Communities

Councillor John Thomson, Cabinet member for Adult Care, Communities and Housing presented the report which requested Cabinet’s approval to sign off up to five separate contracts for the delivery of repairs, maintenance and improvements to the council’s housing stock.  The new arrangements will deliver extra investment in to existing stock and five separate contracts will help to spread the risk.

There were options around what type of contract to use, and after careful consideration a partnering style contract was agreed on, on the basis of being more flexible in use, and to gain greater efficiencies throughout , as well fitting the ethos of the councils to work in partnership, the re-structuring of landlord services has been developed around this approach.

RESOLVED:

That Cabinet

1   Approves the expenditure of up to £ 61 million pounds over the next five years split across five contracts, which has already been assumed with the HRA self financing model

2  Approves to the signing of five contracts for the repairs, maintenance and improvements to the Councils housing stock, to be delegated to the Service Director of Communities in consultation with the Cabinet member for Adult Care, Communities and Housing

Reason for the decision

The existing contract arrangements covering works detailed in this tender process ends March 2013, therefore the re-tendering was required.

Due to the OJEU process, and the timescales involved it is necessary to get approval at this cabinet meeting, as the evaluation process is not complete, we have asked for the final approval be delegated.