Decision Details

Financial - Revenue spend over £500k

On 15 October 2024, Cabinet:-

1. Noted the pre-decision scrutiny undertaken by the Homes Overview and Scrutiny Committee and considers their key points and the response to them;

    

2. Approved the commissioning approach in relation to the provision of housing repairs and maintenance, capital improvement programme and major refurbishment and retrofit projects;

    

3. Approved the commencement of procurement activity to secure new contracts in relation to these commissioned services subject to prior approval of each procurement strategy;

    

4. Approved the commercial and procurement strategy at Appendix 1, to the report, and delegates authority to the Strategic Director of City Housing in consultation with the Interim Director Commercial & Procurement (or their delegate), the Interim Director of Finance (Section 151 Officer) (or their delegate), and the Interim City Solicitor & Monitoring Officer (or their delegate) to approve the remaining procurement strategies required;

    

5. Delegated authority to the Strategic Director of City Housing in consultation with the Interim Director Commercial & Procurement (or their delegate), the Interim Director of Finance (Section 151 Officer) (or their delegate), and the Interim City Solicitor & Monitoring Officer (or their delegate) to approve the award of contracts;

    

6. Delegated authority to the Strategic Director of City Housing in consultation with the Interim Director Commercial & Procurement (or their delegate), the Interim Director of Finance (Section 151 Officer) (or their delegate), and the Interim City Solicitor & Monitoring Officer (or their delegate) to take up the option to extend the contracts subject to budget, satisfactory performance and the achievement of contractual cost and prescribed Key Performance Indicators;

    

7. Delegated authority to agree any modifications to the contracts to the Strategic Director of City Housing in consultation with the Interim Director Commercial & Procurement (or their delegate), the Interim Director of Finance (Section 151 Officer) (or their delegate), and the Interim City Solicitor & Monitoring Officer (or their delegate);

    

8. Authorised the Interim City Solicitor & Monitoring Officer (or their delegate) to execute and complete all necessary legal documents to give effect to the above decisions.

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