Residential property renting or leasing services

Tender description

Hertfordshire County Council (the ‘Council’) is carrying out Pre-procurement market engagement (‘PPME’) in relation to the provision of a property management service. The Council will consider the feedback received to help inform the Council’s options and further decision making. For the avoidance of doubt, this stage of the project is not part of a formal procurement process and the Council is not committing, at this stage, to carrying out such a process. Participation or non-participation in the PPME shall not prevent any supplier participating in a potential future procurement, nor is it intended that any information supplied as part of the PPME shall place any supplier at an advantage in a potential procurement process. Participation in the PPME will be at each organisation’s own cost. No expense in responding to this PPME will be reimbursed by the Council. The provider will be expected to manage four distinct cohorts of housing owned by HCC. These properties are very varied in nature and whilst some are conventional housing (a single dwelling let to a single household) a significant number are not. The cohorts are: secure tenancies (approximately 30 properties), staff housing pool (approximately 50 properties), learning disability supported housing approximately (46 properties) and mental health supported (4 properties). The management agreement and the three leases are all single agreements with a schedule of properties that are included therein. The schedule can be varied be adding or removing properties with agreement of the parties without having to amend the overarching agreement.