Issue - meetings

To consider a confidential report by Councillor Rhys Thomas, Lead Member for Housing and Communities (copy enclosed) presenting the outcome of the procurement process for the Housing Voids Framework and seeking Cabinet approval to appoint the named contractors to the framework in accordance with the report recommendations.

RESOLVED that Cabinet –

(a)      confirms that it has read, understood, and taken account of the Wellbeing Impact Assessment (Appendix 2 to the report) as part of its consideration, and

(b)      the contractors as recommended and detailed in Table 1 (section 3.2 of the report) which had been evaluated according to the scoring and weighting methodology detailed within the tender documents, be appointed to the Housing Voids Framework on the terms outlined within the report.

Councillor Rhys Thomas presented the confidential report detailing the outcome of the procurement process for the Housing Voids Framework and recommending the appointment of contractors as set out in the report.

Tenant movement in the Council’s Housing Service resulted in approximately 250 properties becoming void annually which were refurbished to the new lettable standard for subsequent tenants.  A Housing Voids Framework would reduce costs and time in undertaking works on void housing units and enable an improved service and higher standards.  The original framework had expired, hence the re-tendering exercise, and a decision was required to appoint the contractors on the terms outlined in the report.  The tender had been split into 4 Lots according to value of projects.

Cabinet discussed with officers the amount of time voids were left empty whilst work was carried out to bring them up to the new lettable standard which was closely monitored with some previous assumptions currently being tested with a view to reducing void times where possible.  Officers agreed to provide further detail on average voids times to Councillor Diane King after the meeting.  In terms of homeless figures, the biggest demands were for larger families and single bedroom homes and work was being carried out in partnership with Registered Social Landlords to specifically address those two areas of demand.

RESOLVED that Cabinet –

(a)      confirms that it has read, understood, and taken account of the Wellbeing Impact Assessment (Appendix 2 to the report) as part of its consideration, and

(b)      the contractors as recommended and detailed in Table 1 (section 3.2 of the report) which had been evaluated according to the scoring and weighting methodology detailed within the tender documents, be appointed to the Housing Voids Framework on the terms outlined within the report.