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Housing Repairs - Award of Contract

Meeting: 06/06/2022 - Scrutiny and Overview Committee (Item 9)

9 Award of Contract for Responsive & Void Repairs, Heating Servicing & Maintenance, Cyclical and Planned Works pdf icon PDF 534 KB

The Scrutiny and Overview Committee is requested to consider and comment upon the attached draft report to Cabinet.

Minutes:

The Scrutiny and Overview Committee considered the draft Cabinet report detailing the process followed in re-procure the contract for the Responsive and Void Repairs, Heating Servicing and Maintenance, Cyclical and Planned Works.

 

Councillor Anna Bradnam was pleased to note that there was a commitment to recognise the Council’s ‘Green to our Core’ objective by transitioning towards the installation of environmentally friendly energy facilities in new-build properties.

 

Members explored in detail the nature of the scoring process and were satisfied that it had been fair and thorough.

 

The Committee noted that the aspiration was to conduct a comprehensive stock condition survey in due course, and that Members would be involved as appropriate. Members noted that improvements would not usually affect rent levels but were reminded that a higher rent would be charged where properties so improved achieved an Energy Performance Certificate of Bands A or B (that is, the two highest energy efficiency ratings). However, the higher rent would only be charged when properties were relet, and would not apply to existing tenants.