The Cabinet Member for Housing reported on the proposed procurement of planned and reactive housing repairs services, the current contract for which expires in April 2013.
The Cabinet Member advised that in preparation for the new contract an Option Appraisal was undertaken by Elevate and key council officers across repairs, housing, finance and assets and commercial services, which was informed by initial feedback from surveys and focus groups with residents. As a result, it was proposed to carry out one overall procurement exercise but with separate contracts for each of the defined elements. Further work in the areas of repairs policies and standards, ongoing resident engagement, contract structures and pricing mechanisms and ongoing governance arrangements are also planned.
Cabinet agreed:-
(i) The commencement of the procurement of housing repair and maintenance contracts in accordance with the proposals detailed within the report;
(ii) To delegate authority to the Corporate Director of Customer Services, in consultation with the Corporate Director of Finance and Resources, the Divisional Director for Legal and Democratic Services and the Cabinet Members for Housing and Finance, Revenues and Benefits, to agree the final procurement strategy (including the procurement procedure, contract structure, contractor selection and evaluation criteria and detailed proposals for client management of the contracts) and commence and undertake the procurement; and
(iii) Note that on completion of the procurement exercise a further report would be brought to Cabinet for final decisions on the award of contracts.