Purpose

To consider the award of the new Contract for
the Council Housing Repairs and Maintenance Works and Services
Contract.

Content

1.         That the
public and press be excluded from the meeting by virtue of
Paragraph 3 (Information likely to Reveal the Financial or Business
Affairs of the Authority) of Part I of Schedule 12A of the Local
Government Act 1972, when the meeting considers exempt Annexes A
and C to the report.

2.         That
following completion of the tender process for a new Housing
Repairs and Maintenance Works and Services Contract, and noting
that the final contract award is subject to the outcome of the
notice of proposal consultation, approval be granted for the
Council to concurrently:

(a)        proceed to the
next stage of consultation with its tenants and
leaseholders, for a
period of not less than 30 days, under the Landlord and Tenant Act
1985 and to issue a notice of proposal; and

(b)       proceed to the
pre-award stage (standstill stage) with the tenderer who represents
the most economically advantageous tender as evaluated and
identified in exempt Annex C to the report.

3.         That
authority be delegated to the Director Environment and Property to
approve the award of the contract for an initial term of five
years, with an option for the Council to extend the term for a
further five years (up to ten years in total) having
considered:

(a)        the most
economically advantageous tender as evaluated and identified in
exempt Annex C to the report; and

(b)       any responses or
representations made from the notice of proposal consultation, in
consultation with the Cabinet member.

4.         That
authority be delegated to the Director Environment and Property to
make any necessary decisions of a non-material nature and within
any legal constraints, to facilitate the execution of the contract
and to finalise arrangements for mobilisation of the
services.