Published date: 20 July 2021

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 12 August 2021, 2pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Housing services - 70333000

  • Building-inspection services - 71315400

  • Auditing services - 79212000

Location of contract

SS2 6ER

Value of contract

£35,000

Procurement reference

Mandatory licensing HHSRS project

Published date

20 July 2021

Closing date

12 August 2021

Closing time

2pm

Contract start date

1 September 2021

Contract end date

31 December 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Southend-on-Sea Borough Council is seeking an organisation to undertake an Inspection Project of approximately 160 dwellings in the borough (with provision for additional inspections as agreed with the contractor), on licensed houses in multiple occupation (HMO) as part of the mandatory licensing process.
The HMOs are currently licensed but have had no licence application verification or condition compliance checks and no Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) assessment.
The Council will provide a copy of the licence and relevant parts of the application for each dwelling.
The requirement is for inspections to commence no later than 1st September 2021 with completion no later than 31st December 2021. This contract will be in place until 31st December 2021 with payments terms as agreed.
Based on the requirement for 160 inspections, the value of this contract is not expected to exceed £35,000.
To allow information to be circulated in time, the deadline for receiving clarification questions is 17:00hrs on Friday 30th July 2021.
The quotation return date is 14:00hrs on Thursday 12th August 2021.

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About the buyer

Address

Civic Centre
SOUTHEND-ON-SEA
SS26EN
England

Email

johnbrassel@southend.gov.uk