Mandatory licensing HHSRS project: Housing Act 2004 part 2, mandatory licensing, HMO HHSRS assessment completion; licensing compliance

Tender 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.