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City council announces award of short term contracts
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| Tuesday 23rd November 2010 |
A series of short-term contracts have been formally offered to contractors, marking the most recent phase of work within the council's housing repairs and maintenance programme.
The contracts, which were approved by cabinet at its meeting on Wednesday 10 November, cover all the work within the council's housing programme.
Services covered by the contracts include housing repairs and maintenance, voids, PVC windows and doors, electrical upgrades, and boilers and heating upgrades.
Once introduced, many of the contracts will either last for nine months or a set programme of works (eg the window replacement programme), and should be up and running by the end of this month.
There were more than 30 expressions of interest across all the contracts before being awarded to the successful bidders.
Alan Waters, cabinet member for resources, performance and shared services said: "It's great to see that local companies are among those sharing the work within the council's housing contract - at a difficult time this is good for the local economy.
"We have an agreement with all the contractors, if they take on new employees, that a minimum of 70 per cent of ex-Connaught staff will be offered work. We're also on track with the next stage of the council's housing repairs and maintenance programme which involves exploring the options for longer term provision.
"Work has already begun on this and will run in parallel with the short term contracts to allow a smooth transition from one to the other when the time comes."
Contracts breakdown:
* Housing repairs and maintenance - awarded to Lovell Partnerships Limited.
* Voids - Norse Commercial Services Limited.
* Part Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) funded windows and doors - Anglian Windows Limited.
* External wall insulation - Lawtech Limited.
* Decent homes including disabled adaptations - Lovell.
* Electrical upgrades - Lovell.
* Part HCA funded boilers and heating upgrades - Seager Heating Limited.
* External redecoration - MITIE Property Solutions (UK) Limited. |
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