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(1)     That approval be given to draw
down the offer of £2.1m of Capital Grant Funding from the
Department for Levelling Up, Housing, and Communities (DLUHC);
 
(2)     Approval be given to enter into
the following new contracts to deliver the works as part of the
grant funding:
·     
Internal environmental monitoring;
·     
Specialist expert intervention to eradicate damp and mould;
·     
Replacement soil stacks;
·     
Installation of ventilation and heat recovery.
 
(3)     That delegated authority be
given to the Interim Head of Contract Procurement, in consultation
with the Interim Director of Housing, Interim Section 151 Officer
and Assistant Director for Legal and Assurance to make amendments
and changes to the extensions and / or processes described in this
report in order to give effect to the decisions at (2);
 
(4)     That the Interim Director of
Housing, in consultation with the Interim Section 151 Officer, be
authorised to prepare tendering documentation and to procure one or
more contractors, in accordance with The Public Contract
Regulations 2015 and the Council’s Procurement and Contract
Procedure Rules, to work on behalf of the Council, to undertake
work to resolve damp and mould related issues in our Housing
stock;
 
(5)     That the Interim Director of
Housing be authorised to award the contracts, as referred to in
(4), to the successful contractor(s);
 
(6)     That the Assistant Director for
Legal and Assurance be authorised to enter into or execute under
seal any documentation in relation to the award of the
contracts;
 
(7)     That any necessary exemption be
made to the Council’s Procurement and Contract Procedure
Rules to enable the course of action referred to in (2) and (4) to
proceed.