Cabinet:

1.    Approved the procurement of a suite of six contracts each for a term of 10 years with the option to extend for 6 years with a maximum aggregate value of £94,050,000, for the provision of safety inspections and building compliance checks and works, primarily for Council housing but with Corporate buildings within scope each as set out in this report.

2.    Approved a waiver of the Council’s default evaluation criteria of 70% Price: 30% Quality and instead award the contracts on the MEAT basis of a 50% Quality, 40% Price, and 10% Social Value weighting for the reasons set out in Section 2 of this report, Procurement Proposals.

3.    Approved a waiver of the requirement to use the Council’s Fusion procurement portal and instead use the Mercell portal managed by Lumensol Limited, the Council’s appointed consultant, for reason set out in Section 2 of this report, Procurement Proposals.

4.    Delegated approval of the award of the contracts to the Strategic Director of Place, acting in consultation with the Lead Member for Housing, the Strategic Director of Resources and the Deputy Director of Legal & Governance subject to the value of the contracts not exceeding the values set out in this report.

5.    Delegated order of contract works/ services packages throughout the term of each contract to the Strategic Director of Place, acting in consultation with the Lead Member for Housing subject to budget availability for the relevant package.