Decision details

Pursuant to Council Standing Orders (CSO) 9.01 and CSO 9.07.1 (c) (a Director may award a contract up to the value of £500,00), for the Assistant Director of Housing to award a contract to Carter Jonas LLP for a contract value of £150,000.00+VAT

Haringey Council’s Business Development Team oversees a buy-back programme, which aims to alleviate the strain on families in Temporary Accommodation (TA) within the London Borough of Haringey.

To ensure the continued success of the programme, the Council requires the services of a RICS-Registered Surveyor to provide professional property valuations. The contract with the Council’s current surveyor is nearing its conclusion. Without procuring the services of a new surveyor, the Council will be unable to acquire properties, thereby jeopardizing the programme’s operation and its capacity to address housing needs.

The appointed surveyor is to be RICS Registered and provide the Council with compliant Global Standards (Red Book) Market Valuation Reports.

It is intended that the contract will serve as a short-term arrangement until the end of the current financial year (31/03/2025). However, we reserve the right to extend the end date until such time that the full contract value of £150,000 has been drawn down. This arrangement allows the Business Development Team time to develop and implement a longer-term solution for procuring surveyor services whilst retaining business continuity.

1. Do Nothing – This would result in the council being unable to continue purchasing properties jeopardizing the programme’s operation and its capacity to address housing needs as no valuation service would be in place.

2. Utilising an existing valuations contract was considered. However, there are currently no suitable contracts in place that meet the requirements. Therefore, it was necessary to undertake a tender.