Decision details

The Director of Resources and Housing is requested to approve a call-off from the council’s existing single-supplier framework contract with Armstrong Priestley for approx. £3.12m of specialist works to retro-fit Automatic Sprinkler Systems to housing high rise blocks.

The contractor will work for and with Leeds Building Services to undertake works to 16 blocks, over a period of three years from spring 2020.

The Director of Resources and Housing:

a)  approved the plan to retrofit sprinklers to a further 16 high rise housing blocks in Leeds by March 2023, prioritisied through an approach agreed with fire safety partners

b)  granted Authority to Spend for the sum of £9,606,429 over the financial years 2020/21 – 2022/23 for these capital works; funded from within this,

c)  approved a call-off from Leeds Building Services existing framework contract for approximately £2.86m for the specialist works of retro-fitting Automatic Sprinkler Systems to 16 housing high rise blocks; and as a result

d)  approved the award of the contract to Armstrong Priestley, as this is a single supplier framework.

Local ward members and residents for the blocks involved will be engaged and consulted in relation to planned works.

Director of Resources and Housing, procurement and legal. Residents in relation to the works.