Decision details

Procurement strategy for the zero-carbon retrofit programme.

Reasons for urgency:

GLA procurement exercise will start at the end of March so if this procurement strategy is to be rejected by Members it is important this decision is concluded before then so that LBHF can withdraw from the GLA procurement exercise and not cause inconvenience to our Local Government partners.

That the Cabinet Member for Housing:

1.    Agrees that the procurement of whole-home zero-carbon retrofit of 27 homes (for an estimated value of £2.5m) be conducted via the following strategy: direct award from the Innovation Partnership being procured by the Greater London Authority.

2.    Note that a waiver of the Council’s CSO procedures has been obtained to permit the Council’s participating in the collaborative procurement using the GLA’s procurement procedures.

3.    Agree to the Council entering into a Participation Agreement with the Greater London Authority to secure its participation in the procurement of the Innovation Partnership, which will include a contribution of £10,000 to the GLA procurement costs.

4.    Agrees a direct award of contract to Turner & Townsend Consulting Limited (T&T) for support services associated with the delivery of the retrofit project, at zero cost due to third party funding.

To support the decarbonisation of 27 properties on the West Kensington estate over a one year period – a valuable first step in achieving the Council’s Climate Emergency objectives.

Option 1 (recommended): LBHF participates in the GLA collaborative procurement to set up an Innovation Partnership as its procurement route, which will include carrying out a Direct Award from the GLA framework.

Option 2: LBHF participates in the GLA collaborative procurement to set up an Innovation Partnership (IP) as its procurement route and carries out a Mini-Competition from this GLA IP

Option 3: LBHF carries out its own procurement of a retrofit solution – via another framework.

Option 4: LBHF carries out its own procurement of a retrofit solution – via an open, competitive procedure

Option 5: LBHF carries out its own procurement of a retrofit solution – via an Innovation Partnership.