The envisaged scope of the works under this contract comprises day to day reactive repairs including daytime and out of hours emergency works, void property repairs and improvements and capital programmed improvement and disabled adaptation works. The contractor will be required to provide a customer focused service and show a commitment to providing effective services that provide value for money to both Dartford Borough Council (the “Council”) and its residents. The contractor will be required to make a social value contribution through provision of trade apprenticeships, training schemes, courses and other employment initiatives to local residents. Gas, gas heating and related works are not included in the contract. Any contract awarded will be to a single contractor. It will not be divided into lots because the Council does not consider it economically viable for them to do so.

The Council is seeking a contractor to provide a comprehensive maintenance service, to the Council’s 4 220 approx properties including approx 370 leaseholders, 14 sheltered schemes and 1 200 garages. The Council’s housing stock is comprised of mainly traditional housing however there are approx. 146 non-traditional properties, approx. 1 808 flats of which approx. 921 are between 3-5 storeys (there are no high rise — above 5 storeys) and approx. 240 bungalows. The contract will be let on an “all-inclusive” basis incorporating the NHF Schedule of Rates v6.3 and v7.1 contract/preliminaries suite of documentation and is likely to involve work under all building trades but excluding gas appliance servicing, repairs and installations. Separate contracts will not be awarded for the individual trades encompassed within this contract. The envisaged scope of the works to be included under this contract is likely to comprise (but is not limited to) day to day reactive repairs including daytime and out of hours emergency works, void property repairs and improvements and capital programmed improvement and disabled adaptation works. The contractor will be required to provide a customer focused service and show a commitment to providing effective services that provide value for money to both the Council and its residents. The proposed contract period will be initially 5 years commencing on or about 1.4.2020 with the option for the Council to extend the initial period by up to a further 10 years in 2 or more extensions of whatever period the Council decides. The Council reserves the right to withdraw from the procurement procedure at anytime without awarding a contract. Applicants are to be responsible for all of the costs and expenses they incur as a result of participating in this procurement process irrespective of whether the procedure is completed or is abandoned without an award. The Council cannot guarantee the extent or value of any works that may undertaken under the proposed contract.