Issue - meetings

This report details the process of the competitive tendering for the Procurement and Management of Temporary Accommodation (Private Managed Accommodation), and makes a recommendation as to award pursuant to Contract Standing Order 88. 

that approval be given to the appointment of the contractors recommended and listed at paragraph 3.2.8 of the report from the Director of Regeneration and Major Projects to the Procurement and Management of Temporary Accommodation Framework for a period of two  years from July 2011 with provision to extend the Framework Agreement for a further two years.

The report from the Director of Regeneration and Major Projects detailed the process of the competitive tendering for the Procurement and Management of Temporary Accommodation (Private Managed Accommodation), and mad a recommendation as to award pursuant to Contract Standing Order 88.  Councillor Long (Lead Member, Housing) advised that Brent would be the lead authority for the operation of the framework agreement and that other members of the West London Housing Partnership could call off services from the proposed framework agreement. She added that close monitoring would take place and the arrangement should lead to future financial savings.

The Executive also had before them an appendix which was not for publication as it contained the following category of exempt information as specified in Schedule 12 of the Local Government (Access to Information Act) 1972: 

Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).

RESOLVED:

that approval be given to the appointment of the contractors recommended and listed at paragraph 3.2.8 of the report from the Director of Regeneration and Major Projects to the Procurement and Management of Temporary Accommodation Framework for a period of two  years from July 2011 with provision to extend the Framework Agreement for a further two years.