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[ Report of  the Interim Strategic Director for Planning, Regeneration and Development. To be introduced by the Cabinet Member for Housing, Planning and Regeneration.]The consultant will be responsible for multidisciplinary construction-related services to deliver the Homes for Haringey Capital programme from financial year 2018/19 to 22/23, extendable by up to five years annually to financial year 27/28.

The Cabinet Member for Housing, Regeneration and Planning introduced the report, which set out proposals to appoint a long-term delivery partner to provide these services and work with Homes for Haringey to deliver the capital programme.

Further to considering exempt information at item 24.

RESOLVED

That pursuant to Contract Standing Order 9.07.1(d) to approve the appointment of Ridge and Partners LLP for Multi-Disciplinary Professional Services to Homes for Haringey for a period of up to 5 years, with the option to extend, subject to satisfactory performance, for a further five years.

Reasons for decision

Homes for Haringey require specialist services to deliver capital works programmes. The existing consultancy arrangements for housing capital works finishes at the end of March 2018 and therefore a new arrangement is required.

The award is based on the Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT) i.e. mixture of price and quality and that the bidder scored the highest points.

Alternative options considered

An alternative option would be for Homes for Haringey (HfH) to use various industry frameworks to deliver the capital programme. This option was discounted, as Homes for Haringey require support to deliver external works. These contracts often extend over one year, which means the contract is classed as a long term qualifying agreement. To be compliant with Section 20 legislation, long term qualifying agreements must be consulted with leaseholders before they are established. As external frameworks are already established, it is impossible to consult leaseholders in a manner which complies with Section 20 legislation and a lack of compliance with this legislation could lead to a failure to recover costs from leaseholders.

A do nothing option would mean the service is not able to deliver capital works to the housing stock and the condition of the stock would deteriorate significantly.