Issue - meetings

Councillor J. McIlroy

To consider the proposal for an in-house Planned & Reactive Repairs and Maintenance Service.

Reason for exemption

This report contains exempt information within the meaning of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972, as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985 and by the Local Government (Access to information) (Variation) Order 2006 Paragraph 3 – Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information) and in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

Cabinet considered an exempt report on the proposal for an in-house Planned and Reactive Repairs and Maintenance Service.

Alternative options considered and rejected by the Cabinet:

There was only one option available to Cabinet as two procurement exercises had failed to secure a third party provider and the current provider (Runnymede Council) had formally confirmed that they did not want to extend the partnership arrangement for a further term.

Resolved to:

1.    Approve the transfer in house of the planned and reactive repair and maintenance service for properties within the municipal portfolio; and

2.    Approve the expansion of the repair and maintenance service to include the residential portfolio which the Council will manage on behalf of Knowle Green Estates Ltd (a Council wholly owned company).

Reasons for Decision:

There have been two unsuccessful procurement exercises undertaken to appoint a third party contractor. The service must be brought in house to ensure the continuity of the servicing and maintenance of all properties.