Decision details

Date of Decision:

16^th April 2024

Title:

Repairs and Maintenance Contract Modifications Post March 2025

Decision Maker:

(Including Job Title)

Ian Spicer, Strategic Director of Adult Care, Housing and Public Health

Details of Specific Cabinet Delegation

or Delegation contained in the relevant Sub-Scheme of Delegation.

SECTION 4C: OFFICER DELEGATION SCHEME (EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS)

Strategic Directors will be required to maintain a sub-scheme of delegation for their directorate and publish such sub-schemes following the Annual Meeting of the Council.

Sub-scheme of delegation. Strategic Director of Adult Care, Housing and Public Health.

The Strategic Director of Adult Care, Housing and Public Health is authorised1 to discharge executive functions2 through the commissioning and provision of social services for adults and public health services for the whole population and delivery of housing for the Borough, including:-

Housing

(a) Business and Commercial Development

(b) Contract and Service Development

(c) Housing and Estates

(d) Housing Options

(e) Housing Strategy and Investment

The Strategic Director has chosen to delegate a number of functions to groups of officers. Where the same group of officers receive a number of separate delegations, in order to save space within the sub-delegation scheme, those groups of officers have been given a title. The following table sets out the title of each group of officers and lists the officers within each group.

Human Resources functions delegated:

Subject to the next following bullet points, the following HR functions are delegated to Strategic and Assistant Directors:

· Establishment of posts

· Changes to establishment/restructuring

Decision:

The Assistant Director of Housing approves the recommended modifications of the Repairs and Maintenance Contracts.

Reasons for the Decision:

The Council recognises the initial 5-year contract term expires on 31^st March 2025 and Service Providers at that point can choose not to accept automatic extension right. In order to provide stability and certainty to the Council certain modifications to the contract have been agreed that secure automatic extension until 31^st March 2027. This provides sufficient time for the Council to consider all options for the future delivery of the contract. In order to facilitate this extension, and to provide the Council with reassurance concerning contract continuity during this period certain contract modification need to be negotiated to ensure service standards are maintained and high levels of service provision continue.

Details of alternative options considered and rejected:

See attached report.

Conflicts of interest declared by any Cabinet Member consulted by the decision maker which relates to the decision:

None known.

Dispensations Granted:

(If any)

N/A

Reports or parts of reports considered

The report of the Assistant Director of Housing Repairs and Maintenance Contract Modifications Post March 2025.