Agenda item

Award of contract for External Major Works to the Turner Avenue Estate

[Report of the Director for Housing, Planning and Regeneration. To be introduced by the Cabinet member for Housing and Estate Renewal.]

 

To seek approval for the appointment of the successful contractor to undertake refurbishment works to replace the roof covering and  existing crittall windows with UPVC double glazed windows. Also to replace communal doors and intercom to flats.

Minutes:

The Cabinet Member for Housing and Estate Renewal introduced the report which sought approval for the award of a contract to contractor A to carry out external major works on the Turner Avenue Estate.

 

The proposed works to Turner Avenue will bring all homes on the estate up to the full Decent Homes Standard as well as ensure compliance with current fire and building regulations. The overall project will contribute to helping to achieve the Borough Plan objectives for housing which include delivering Decent Homes, ensuring all homes are safe and improving resident satisfaction, as set out in more detail in section 10 of the report.

 

 In addition, following extensive consultation with residents, residents will benefit from an improved estate environment that includes designing out crime measures to tackle anti-social behaviour. The aim for this project is to achieve the Silver Award which is a Police initiative that recognises physical security standards have been incorporated into works to prevent crime and anti-social behaviour. The Designing Out Crime Team will attend site to inspect and sign off each block and on successful completion of the works, the Turner Avenue Estate will achieve the Silver Award. The Award will be presented by the Metropolitan Police Designing Out Crime Officer.

 

 

After considering exempt information at item 30,

 

 

RESOLVED

 

  1. Pursuant to the Council’s Contract Standing Order (CSO) 9.07.1(d), to approve the award of a contract to the preferred contractor identified in exempt Appendix A for the installation of flat roof covering, windows, resident and main entrance communal doors, external brickwork and concrete repairs, fire protection works, drainage repairs, communal internal and external decoration, emergency lighting and boundary walls to the Turner Avenue Estate. This will be for the sum of £2,608,320.63.

 

  1. To approve the issue of a letter of intent for an amount of up to, but not exceeding £260,832.63, which represents 10% of the contract sum.

 

3.    To approve the total professional fees of £216,229.78 which represents 8.29% of the contract sum.

 

4.    To note the total project costs of £2,824,550.41.

 

Reasons for decision

 

Homes for Haringey requires Cabinet approval to award the contract for the installation of flat roof covering, windows, resident and main entrance communal doors, external brickwork and concrete repairs, fire protection works, drainage repairs, communal internal and external decorations, emergency lighting and boundary walls to the Turner Avenue Estate. This will enable essential safety works to commence and for properties to be brought up to the Decent Homes Standard. This is following a tender process undertaken in conjunction with Haringey Council’s Procurement team via the London Construction Programme (London Construction Programme) framework and processes.

 

The tender process was carried out in accordance with the framework requirements that incorporate price and quality. The successful compliant bidder scored the highest in relation to these criteria in the associated lot 1.1B.

 

Alternative options considered

 

An alternative option would be for Homes for Haringey to use third   party   industry frameworks or an OJEU compliant tender process to deliver the construction works to the Turner Avenue Estate. Homes for Haringey sought support and advice from Haringey Strategic Procurement and determined the London Construction Programme framework as being the optimum route to the market. This was due to the speed of access to quality-checked contractors and focus on companies that concentrate their resources in the local area.

 

A do-nothing option would mean the Council is not able to deliver external capital investment works to bring the estate up to the Decent Homes Standard, in accordance with the Asset Management Strategy 2018-23.

 

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