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General Exception Notice - HCE S746 DN747464 Domestic Electrical Testing Contract to be considered at the Extraordinary Meeting on 26 May 2026, General Exception Notices - Tuesday 26 May 2026 2.00 pm
May 26, 2026 at 2:00 pm General Exception Notices View on council websiteSummary
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The Hackney Procurement Board was scheduled to consider a report regarding a domestic electrical testing contract. This meeting was convened under General Exception procedures due to the need for a swift decision to meet regulatory compliance deadlines.
Domestic Electrical Testing Contract
The board was scheduled to review a report concerning the award of a contract for domestic electrical testing and inspections across Hackney's housing stock. This service is deemed essential for meeting statutory compliance and ensuring resident safety. The report highlighted a backlog in the current testing programme, which is historically managed by the council's direct labour organisation (DLO). The DLO's capacity of approximately 1300 tests per year is insufficient to address the backlog and re-establish full compliance within the required timeframe.
The report indicated that the tender process aimed to appoint an external contractor to supplement the DLO's efforts, thereby increasing delivery capacity to clear the backlog and meet monthly and annual targets.
The reason for convening this meeting under General Exception was to award the contract before the next meeting with the Regulator, scheduled for 28 May 2026. The report pack stated that failure to secure a contract by this date could lead the Regulator to conclude that substantial progress had not been made against agreed commitments. This could potentially result in fines and trigger a broader investigation into the council's compliance areas. The report pack noted that Councillor Alastair Binnie-Lubbock, Cabinet Member for Regeneration, Planning & Inclusive Neighbourhoods, was the lead member for this item, and Anthony Childs was the author of the report. The decision maker for this item was the Hackney Procurement Board.
The meeting was scheduled to take place on Tuesday, 26 May 2026, at 2:00 pm. The Chief Executive of Hackney Council is Dawn Carter-McDonald. The published date for the General Exception Notice was 15 May 2026. The report was made available to the public on 15 May 2026.