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Procurement of Decent Homes Contractors and Consultants Years 3 4 and 5

Meeting: 09/01/2013 - Cabinet - Expired (Item 6)

6 Procurement of Decent Homes Contractors and Consultants Years 3 4 and 5 PDF 125 KB

Additional documents:

1.2b DH Procurement App1, item 6 HTM 13 KB

Decision:

1. To authorise the Mayor to award the DH works contracts to the contractors and consultants listed in 2.1.1 – 2.1.3 once the results of the leaseholder consultation have been considered,

1.1 Lot 1 Contractors (Internal Works only)

· Chigwell (Shepherds Bush) Ltd

· RR Richardson LTD

1.2 Lot 2 Contractors (Internal and External Works)

· Apollo Property Services Group LTD

· Axis Europe PLC and

· Breyer Group PLC

1.3 Lot 2 Consultants (Internal and External Works) Framework of 6 consultants with the first 3 administering the 2013/14 DH works programme annual mini competition thereafter:

· Mace Group

· John Rowan and Partners LLP

· Pellings LLP

· Frankham Consultancy Group Limited

· Bailey Garner LLP

· Potter Raper Partnerships

2. To authorise the Assistant Chief Executive (Legal), to enter into all necessary documents to implement the decisions made in respect of this report.

3. To adopt an initial capital estimate of £71 million in respect of the 2013/14 and 2014/15 DH Programme, profiled as 2013/14: £25million and 2014/15: £46 million, in order to enter into the contracts. The details of the programme of works will be subject to a separate report.

Action by:

CORPORATE DIRECTOR DEVELOPMENT AND RENEWAL (A. DALVI)

(Service Head Housing, Strategy and Regeneration (J. Odunoye)

(Housing Partnerships Manager (J. Kiwanuka)

(Decent Homes Procurement Project Manager THH (J. Mack)

Minutes:

Councillor Rabina Khan, Cabinet Member for Housing, introduced the report. She highlighted the level of Decent Homes funding achieved by the Council but reported that there was still a shortfall. She explained that the Mayor had agreed to fund the shortfall. Finally, she highlighted that the contracts would result in significant local benefits including new apprenticeships, and both long and short term employment options.

Members proceeded to discuss the report and raised a number of issues including that:

· It was important to ensure that the past record of the contractors was considered when awarding contracts.

· The standard of work should also be monitored with appropriate sanctions available.

The Mayor welcomed the report and in particular the benefits the contracts could have to local companies and employment.

RESOLVED