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Declarations of
Interest for this Item:
 
None
 
RESOLVED:
 
That the Cabinet Member for Housing and
Planning and Deputy Leader:
 

In accordance with the
Council’s Contract Standing Order 18.03.3 and CSO 2.01(d),
approved a variation/extension to the contracts dated 1st October
2020 with an initial expiry date of 30th September 2025 between the
Council and the Service Provider for [a gas servicing programme in
Haringey – Lot 1 and Lot 2] (the “Contracts”)
under Contract Standing Order 18.03.3 and CSO 2.01(d), and agreed
to extend both current Gas Servicing contracts with the following
contractors, by extending the current term of the Service by up to
six (6) months until 31st March 2026.

 
·      
Purdy Contracts Limited, effective from 1st October 2025, was
approved to provide a further extension of six (6) months to 31st
March 2026, at an additional cost of £1,305,000.00. This
brought the total contract value to £18,759,908.90.
 
·      
Sureserve Compliance South Ltd (formerly K&T Heating Services
Ltd), effective from 1st October 2025, was approved to provide a
further extension of six (6) months to 31st March 2026, at an
additional cost of £1,220,000.00. The aggregated total value
of the contract remained the same as the original contract value
figure of £11,800,000.00, and only the duration of the
Contract was amended.
 

Each contract was extended for a
period of 6 months commencing from 1st October 2025 until 31st
March 2026.

This decision was retaken following
clarification of the contractor’s name and additional
information included on the values.

 
Reasons for the
decision:
 
The reasons for seeking to extend this
contract were set out below:
 
To continue with the servicing and maintenance
of Domestic & Commercial heating systems with minimal
disruption to the residents due to faults and breakdowns.
To ensure continuity in adhering to regulation
36 (Duties of Landlords) under the Gas Safe Regulations 1998 to
keep residents safe.
 
This was the most economically advantageous
route, as a new interim provider would almost certainly have
inflated the contract sum, which would have been challenging under
the current financial climate.
 
To procure the new long-term Domestic &
Commercial Heating contracts for mobilisation by 1st April 2026,
which was in alignment with the new financial year.
 
Alternative options
considered:
 
Do
NothingThis was not an option, due to the Council’s
statutory health and safety obligations.

 
Undertaking a full
procurement exercise to re-tender the contract
A full procurement exercise was underway but was not completed
before 1st October, which would have meant that there was no
service provision for gas & heating repairs, maintenance &
renewals.

 
In-house
DeliveryThis option had been previously investigated;
however, it was not viable to deliver these services in-house due
to the lack of skill sets within the housing repair service to
repair and maintain the various types of heating systems currently
managed. It would also have taken a significant amount of time,
planning, and investment to set up an in-house team in an extremely
competitive market at that time.