The Director of Environment and Neighbourhood Services submitted a report seeking approval to enter into a contract to provide a Housing Reactive Repairs Service to Wokingham Borough Council (WBC).

The report explained that the Council’s Housing Property Services had provided WBC with a Housing Repair and Maintenance service since 2011.  The original agreement had expired on 31 March 2017 but the Council had continued to deliver the service under a Letter of Intent, pending the agreement of a new contract.  The parties had now agreed the terms and conditions of the new contract, to cover the three year period from 31 March 2017 ,with the option for WBC to extend by three further years.

Resolved –

          That the Director of Environment and Neighbourhood Services, in consultation with the Lead Councillor for Housing, the Head of Legal and Democratic Services and the Head of Finance, be authorised to enter retrospectively into the Response Housing Maintenance and Response Housing Engineering Maintenance Partnering Agreement with Wokingham Borough Council for a period of three years, expiring on 31 March 2020 and with the option to extend by three further years.

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