Issue - meetings

Procurement strategy and decision report approval for Repairs Supply Chain

Meeting: 04/03/2024 - Cabinet (Item 9)

9 Approval to procure a borough-wide Responsive Repairs contractor and terminate existing term-service contract for LOT 1 and LOT 2 pdf icon PDF 216 KB

Additional documents:

Decision:

1.    To note that Appendix 2 is not for publication on the basis that it contains information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information) as set out in paragraph 3 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended).

 

2.    the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information) as set out in paragraph 3 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended).

 

3.    To authorise the termination of the contracts (LOT 1 and LOT 2) for responsive repairs (housing) with Morgan Sindall Property Services LTD on 31 August 2024 subject to the finalisation of approved terms between the parties, the negotiation of which is delegated to the Strategic Director of Finance in consultation with the Assistant Director of Legal Services and the Assistant Director of Repairs.

 

4.    To approve the procurement strategy to undertake a mini competition via the ‘Responsive Maintenance and Void Property Works’ part of the ‘National Housing Management Forum’ Framework. This contract will be for a period of 36 months. We will incept the contract on 1 September 2024.

 

5.    To approve that the Strategic Director of Finance, in consultation with the Assistant Director of Legal Services and the Assistant Director of Repairs be authorised to enter into agreements as necessary to bring the decisions in this report into effect.

 

Minutes:

Councillor Adronie Alford praised the Council for terminating the contract with a company that had caused many problems in the community.

 

AGREED UNANIMOUSLY BY THE CABINET MEMBERS:

 

1.    To note that Appendix 2 is not for publication on the basis that it contains information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information) as set out in paragraph 3 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended) the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information) as set out in paragraph 3 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended).

 

2.    To authorise the termination of the contracts (LOT 1 and LOT 2) for responsive repairs (housing) with Morgan Sindall Property Services LTD on 31 August 2024 subject to the finalisation of approved terms between the parties, the negotiation of which is delegated to the Strategic Director of Finance in consultation with the Assistant Director of Legal Services and the Assistant Director of Repairs.

 

3.    To approve the procurement strategy to undertake a mini competition via the ‘Responsive Maintenance and Void Property Works’ part of the ‘National Housing Management Forum’ Framework. This contract will be for a period of 36 months. We will incept the contract on 1 September 2024.

 

4.    To approve that the Strategic Director of Finance, in consultation with the Assistant Director of Legal Services and the Assistant Director of Repairs be authorised to enter into agreements as necessary to bring the decisions in this report into effect.