Decision details

This report seeks approval from the SLT member in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Housing to award a contract for External Wall Safety Works at Edward Woods Estate.

Reason for Urgency:
Urgent decision because of potential risk to cause harm to the public.

That the Cabinet Member for Housing approves the Procurement Strategy attached as Appendix 1 for the procurement of a contractor for external wall safety works at Edward Woods Estate at an estimated cost of £4,500,000.

The decision is required to initiate a procurement process for the project and appoint a contractor to carry out the works required.

The objectives set out in the Housing Asset and Compliance Strategy, agreed by Cabinet in December 2018, include the delivery of the Fire Safety Plus initiative, committing to the highest standards of fire safety. .

The Cabinet Paper titled, ‘Asset Management Compliance Strategy and Compliance Programme’, dated 1st July 2019, further identified the need to undertake works on properties above 10-storeys using a risk based approach and authorised the ‘10+ Storey and High Risk Fire Safety Works Inc. Dry Risers’, ‘Wet Risers, Sprinklers and associated Fire Protection Initiatives’ and ‘Edward Woods’ schemes as priority categories comprising fire safety compliance works and fire safety complex schemes.