Purpose

This report outlines the contract award recommendation for
the award of the Legal Disrepair Contracts for Housing Revenue
Account (HRA) Housing to the most economically advantageous tenders
following a mini competition from the Fusion 21 Reactive Repairs
and Empty Properties Framework - Lot 4 Legal Disrepair
Work.
The proposed new contracts will run for 2 years with the
option to extend for 1 further year.
 
Works relating to Legal Disrepair are not re-chargeable to
leaseholder and are not subject to leaseholder
consultation.
 
The Council is seeking to award Legal Disrepair contracts
for North and South areas separately for a February 2025 start to
secure better assurance in this key area by securing dedicated
specialist providers and direct access to those delivering the
service. The Council continuously has over 400 live, Legal
Disrepair Cases which all require a range of repairs to be
completed before final settlement can be agreed.
 
Milestone Contracting Limited have submitted the most
economically advantageous tender with a combined quality &
price score of 60% and a priced contract with an estimated total
value of £3,118,047.00 and we are seeking approval to award
the contract to cover the North part of the borough to
them.
 
Guildmore Limited have submitted the second most
economically advantageous tender with a combined quality &
price score of 54.05% and a priced contract with an estimated total
value of £3,461,253.29, and we are seeking approval to award
the contract to cover the North part of the borough to
them.
 
The initial contracts will be for 2 years each to deliver
disrepair works with an option to extend for a further one-year
period.
 
At Tollgate 1 stage, finance confirmed the costs
associated with this contract will be funded from the budget
allocated to H26235 621173 Responsive Repairs In-House
Team.

Content

THAT the Executive Director of
Supporting Communities agrees to award contracts for Legal
Disrepair to:
 

1.    
Milestone Contracting Ltd (North contract) for a period of 2
years (with an option to extend by 1 further year) for the
estimated sum of £3,118,047 for the North
Contract.
 
2.   
Guildmore Ltd (South contract) for
a period of 2 years (with an option to extend by 1 further year)
for the estimated sum of £3,461,253.29 for the south
Contract.