The Director of Environment and Housing agreed to give authority to spend and approval for the proposed procurement route, including the scope of service, for gas servicing, repair and installations provision citywide. This is consistent with the city-wide housing repairs and maintenance procurement strategy 2016 Executive Board Report dated 11th February 2015.
The Director of Environment and Housing also agreed approval for the extension of the current gas servicing, repair, installations and commercial contract in the West of the city and the commercial element of the contract in the South of the city with Mears Group Ltd for 1 year from 1st April 2016 to 31st March 2017. The annual value of these proposed extensions is circa £2.6m.
Information is provided in the report about the wider strategy for domestic heating in the city including the expansion of the Council’s Internal Service Provider.