Agenda and draft minutes

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To receive any apologies for absence.

There were none.  

The Chair will consider the admission of any late items of Urgent Business. (Late items of Urgent Business will be considered under the agenda item where they appear. New items of Urgent Business will be dealt with under agenda item 7 and 10).

There were no declarations of interest. 

There were none.

To consider any requests received in accordance with Part 4, Section B, paragraph 29 of the Council’s constitution.

There were none.

The report sought approval in accordance with CSO. 9.07.1 (d) to award a contract for up to five years for the provision of planned maintenance, repairs and testing Electrical Installation Condition Reports (EICR) compliance for domestic electrical and communal electrical distribution systems.

The Cabinet Member RESOLVED

1. To approve the award of a contract and associated expenditure for the provision of planned maintenance, repairs and testing of Electrical Installation Condition Reports (EICR) for domestic and communal electrical distribution systems for an initial two (2) years, plus up to three (3) annual extensions of one (1) year each (total maximum five (5) years), for a total maximum contract value of £5,893,605.30, subject to contract requirements with a proposed start date of 1st July 2024, a JCT Measured Term 2016 will be used.

2. To delegate the three annual extensions of one year each, to the Director of Placemaking & Housing in consultation and agreement with the Cabinet Member for Housing and Planning (Deputy Leader).

Reasons for decision

Haringey implemented 2 temporary EICR contracts in September 2022 to complete the backlog of overdue and non-compliant EICRs, which were subsequently self-reported to the Regulator For Social Housing and committed to completing via a Voluntary Undertaking in April 2023.

These contracts were coming to an end in March 2024 and a new contract was required to be put in place to continue with the EICR programme.

The 18th Edition Wiring Regulations - IET BS7671 required landlords to undertake regular electrical condition reports and recommend that they were undertaken at least every 5-years, or upon new tenancies, within homes, and communal areas.

Haringey had at the time of writing the report, 15,023 dwellings and 789 communal systems (15,812 total) that require periodic inspections at least once every 5 years. These numbers would fluctuate based on changes in stock and management responsibility, e.g. sales, acquisitions, and demolition. Therefore, under the contract the Council required on average to undertake 3159 inspections every year. There were also, approximately 350 voids per year that also required testing when a new tenancy was commenced. However, this was undertaken by the voids team and was funded separately, through the voids budget.

The Council did not undertake EICRs in leasehold properties and there were no leasehold implications for communal tests as the costs of each inspection, as detailed in the Exempt part of the report, once every 5 years, was significantly below the annual threshold for a Qualifying Long-Term Agreement. Leaseholder contributions to costs for communal testing would be re-charged through normal service charges and were below the S20 consultation threshold. Any major works resulting would be consulted on separately as part of a major works or planned programme consultation.

Haringey did not currently have the in-house resource capacity and capability to deliver the required programme of EICRs alongside the level of responsive repairs and voids works due to staff turnover. However, Haringey would continue to deliver the electrical responsive repairs through its in-house team and would continue to review the potential for  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.

As per item 3

There were no new items of urgent business.

Item 9  is likely to be subject to a motion to exclude the press and public be from the meeting as it contains exempt information as defined in Section 100a of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended by Section 12A of the Local Government Act 1985); paras 3 and 5, namely information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information) and information in respect of which a claim to legal professional privilege could be maintained in legal proceedings.

Item 9 was subject to a motion to exclude the press and public be from the meeting as it contains exempt information as defined in Section 100a of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended by Section 12A of the Local Government Act 1985); paras 3 and 5, namely information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information) and information in respect of which a claim to legal professional privilege could be maintained in legal proceedings.

The Cabinet Member considered the exempt information.

As per item 3.

There were no new items of exempt urgent business.