Decision details

·  That the Director of Resources and Housing is recommended to approve the waiver of contracts procedure rule  9.1 and 9.2 – high value procurements and award a contract to Armstrong Priestley in order to complete a minimum of eight additional tower blocks plus any further identified priority schemes up to a maximum of £3.6million. The contract shall commence in January 2018 and expire on 31 December 2021 with the option to extend for a further period of 12 months.

·  That the Director of Resources and Housing approval is granted for the creation of 15 positions within Leeds Building Services at a cost of £490,415 as outlined in this report to support the delivery of the sprinkler retro-fitting programme to be delivered by Armstrong Priestley as described in this report

The Director of Resources and Housing approved the waiver of contracts procedure rules  9.1 and 9.2 – high value procurements and award a contract to Armstrong Priestley in order to complete a minimum of eight additional tower blocks plus any further identified priority schemes up to a maximum of £3.76 million. The contract shall commence in February 2018 and expire on 31 January 2021 with the option to extend for a further period of 12 months.

The Director of Resources and Housing approved the creation of 15 positions within Leeds Building Services at a cost of £490,415 as outlined in this report to support the delivery of the sprinkler retro-fitting programme to be delivered by Armstrong Priestley as described in this report.

LBS / Housing Leeds Property and Contracts / PPPU

Simon Costigan, Mark Grandfield, Mark Denton, Nicky Malthouse, Paul Reeves, Jon Andrews