Repair and maintenance services

Tender description

West Lancashire Borough Council (WLBC) is a local authority in the North West of England. It currently owns approximately 6 000 homes across West Lancashire. The Borough is diverse in its nature and includes rural areas together with the urban conurbation and former New Town of Skelmersdale and the key service areas of Ormskirk, Aughton and Burscough. WLBC is looking to procure a single contract for the delivery of responsive repairs, works to void properties including gas safety checks, electrical safety checks and remedial works, servicing, maintenance and installation of gas and other heating appliances and cyclical redecorations. The contract will commence in April 2020, with the gas and heating servicing, maintenance and installation element commencing in April 2021, subject to performance and value for money. The following will be operational from the start of the contract in April 2020: — responsive repairs and maintenance to residential properties and internal and external communal areas of blocks and garages repairs, — repairs and improvements to empty homes to enable reletting, — gas safety checks to void properties and all required remedial works, — electrical safety checks and remedial works. From April 2021 the following works will be undertaken through this contract, subject to satisfactory performance and value for money: — servicing and maintenance of gas and other heating systems, — replacement of gas boilers and central heating systems, — cyclical decorations. The following may be added to the contract, subject to satisfactory performance and value for money: — aids and adaptations, — other ad-hoc replacements or repairs as required, — other cyclical works including compliance activities.