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On 16 January 2024, Cabinet:-
(i) Approved the award of contracts for the provision of Responsive Repair & Maintenance Services, Gas Servicing and Capital Improvement Work Programmes (including Major Adaptations to Council Housing Stock) regarding the Council’s housing stock in all areas of Birmingham, as follows:
• To Equans Regeneration Limited for the North, West and East areas of the city for a two-year period commencing 1st April 2024 for the value of £259.7m up to a maximum of £371.3m to include standalone1 projects.
• To Fortem Solutions Limited for the South area of the city for a two-year period commencing 1st April 2024 for the value of £163.3m up to a maximum of £231.7m to include standalone projects.
(ii) Retrospectively approved the commencement of negotiations with the incumbent contractors (Equans and Fortem) in accordance with the Procurement and Contract Governance Rules, which states ‘when negotiating contracts without competition with a value above £500K revenue and with a value above £1m capital, authorisation to commence the procurement activity is obtained through consultation with Cabinet Member(s) and relevant Scrutiny Chair(s) prior to Cabinet Inclusion on Forward Plan, Formal Cabinet Report including the Procurement Strategy’;
(iv) Authorised the City Solicitor and Monitoring Officer (or their delegate) to negotiate, execute and complete all necessary legal documents to give effect to the above decisions.
THE DEADLINE FOR CALL IN IS 1600 HOURS ON MONDAY 22 JANUARY 2024.
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