Knightstone Housing Association tendered for the provision of two service streams over 6 Lots as follows:

A) Response repairs and empty homes via Lots 1, 2 and 3

B) Gas servicing, repairs, planned preventative maintenance and installations via Lots 4, 5, and 6.

Knightstone operates over 9 key Local Authority areas, an operating area that we have divided into geographic zones.

For response repairs and empty homes, Knightstone has appointed three contractors to service geographic zones A, B and C under Lots 1, 2 and 3 of this procurement. Contractors could only bid for one Lot.

For gas servicing, repairs, planned preventative maintenance and installations, Knightstone was looking to appoint 1, 2 or 3 contractors to service geographic zones A, B and C under Lots 4, 5 and 6 of this procurement. Contractors could bid for 1, 2 or all 3 Lots under this service stream.

The contract will be for an initial 5 year term. There will be a provision in the contract, on completion of the 5 year term, to extend the term by mutual agreement one year at a time, to a maximum of 5 additional years up to a total of 10 years. The successful Contractors will be expected to partner with Knightstone and the other appointed suppliers throughout the contract period in order to achieve Knightstone"s objectives.