2655 Exempt report: Procurement of provider of housing management and resident support services at Harper House
Councillor M.M. Attewell
To consider an exempt report on the procurement of a third party to provide a housing management and resident support service at Harper House.
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 2 – Information relating to any individual and in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information because such information amounts to personal data under the Data Protection Act 2018.
Minutes:
(Paragraph 2 – Information relating to any individual)
Cabinet considered an exempt report on the procurement of a provider of housing management and resident support services at Harper House.
Alternative options considered, and rejected, by the Cabinet:
· Recruit internally to provide a housing management and resident support service in-house
· do nothing and manage Harper House on existing resources available to Housing
Resolved to:
1. note the benefits of procuring a managed service provider to provide a housing management and resident support service at the rebuild Harper House;
2. authorise the Group Head for Community Wellbeing to determine the provider to be appointed, in consultation with the Corporate Procurement Manager, the Portfolio Holder for Community Wellbeing & Housing and the Chief Financial Officer; and
3. authorise the Head of Corporate Governance to enter into any legal documentation necessary to appoint the new provider.
Reason for Decision
To allow sufficient time to appoint the provider up to six months prior to the anticipated practical completion of the rebuilds, so as to be party to key decisions to be made on the furniture, fixtures and fittings, as well as the operational logistics of running the accommodation.