This report recommends the Board Member to:-

(1)   Agree to the commencement of the procurement project as set out in the report for the supply and management of temporary accommodation effective from 1^st April 2012;

(2)   Delegate authority to the Head of Service, Housing and Communities, to approve the award of a contract (under a Temporary to Permanent model) to the supplier providing the most economically advantageous tender, following the evaluation of tender submissions, for a contract term of up to 15 years;

(3)   Authorise the Head of Service, Housing and Communities, to further extend the Oxford Social Lettings Agency contract for a wind-down period up to 31^st March 2013, if required;

(4)Delegate authority to the Head of Service, Housing and Communities, to award the contract (under a Housing Association leasing scheme

      model) to the next most successful bidder, for a contract term of up to

      5 years, should contracts not be agreed between the Council and the

      preferred bidder by January 2012.

The Head of Corporate Assets submitted a report (previously circulated, now appended) that sought authorisation to award a contract to supply and manage temporary accommodation on behalf of Oxford City Council.

Resolved to:-

(1)   Agree to the commencement of the procurement project as set out in the report for the supply and management of temporary accommodation effective from 1^st April 2012;

(2)   Delegate authority to the Head of Service, Housing and Communities, to approve the award of a contract (under a Temporary to Permanent model) to the supplier providing the most economically advantageous tender, following the evaluation of tender submissions, for a contract term of up to 15 years;

(3)   Authorise the Head of Service, Housing and Communities, to further extend the Oxford Social Lettings Agency contract for a wind-down period up to 31^st March 2013, if required;

(4)   In the event that the contract referred to in recommendation (2) cannot be agreed with the preferred bidder by January 2012, to delegate authority to the Head of Service for Housing and Communities to award the contract to an alternative bidder, providing the next most economically advantageous tender, either under a Temporary to Permanent model, or the already advertised Housing Association Leasing Scheme Model, in the latter case for a contract term of up to 5 Years.