Issue details

To advise the Executive of the procurement process to provide a 5-year term contract with options to extend, for the service, maintenance and installation of new heating and hot water systems in the Council’s housing stock and public buildings.

To seek delegated authority to appoint a single contractor for the contract term, following a thorough procurement/tendered process.

This contract maintains heating, hot water systems including gas and heat pumps.  It also delivers our legal responsibilities to ensure gas installation in our properties remain safe.

The report provides Members with details of the new contract that will replace existing contract arrangements which expire in the summer of 2025.

Further details surrounding the funding arrangements, including the total estimated cost to deliver the contract, are provided in Confidential Appendix A to the report.

This report seeks Executive agreement for delegated authority that will allow an efficient hand-over from the existing contractor to a new provider.