Decisions

£750,000 of capital funding will secure the delivery of 8-10 new units of high-quality specialist accommodation for young people leaving the homelessness pathway;
•100% of the housing will be Affordable Housing, rented at no more than Local Housing Allowance;
•The Feasibility Study outlines a minimum of 8 units:
o5 x 1-bedroom flats each with bathroom and kitchen facilities
o1 x Studio with bathroom and kitchen facilities
o1 x 2-bedroom flat with bathroom and kitchen facilities
The project has already received firm support from the Mayor, Councillor Tom Renhard and Executive officers at Bristol City Council.

The Bristol City Council Affordable Housing Funding Policy (AHFP) 2022-2025, supports the targeted offer of capital funding for affordable housing delivery, with affordable housing providers being invited to compete for funding through a bidding round process. This decision approves an invitation to 1625ip to bid for £750,000 of AHFP Capital Grant Funding to support the delivery of 8-10 specialist affordable housing units at the Kingsley Hall Development. It is agreed that this application for grant shall proceed outside of the Council’s e-procurement framework which is usually used to process bids under the AHFP. This reflects the fact that the project has already received firm support from the Mayor, Councillor Tom Renhard and Executive officers at Bristol City Council and that this bid is not part of a competitive process for funding support. A letter to support 1625IPs funding application to the National Lottery Heritage Fund was sent from the Mayor on 16th May 2022.

The services are required in order to maintain our traditional telephony functionality used for desk phones, alarm lines (Fire, Lift, and Security) and door access / concierge systems. The contract term reflects the nationwide Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) switch off by December 2025, where we will be replacing these services with newer technology leading up to that date.

To award a contract necessary to continue utilising traditional telephony services provided by
Talk Talk Business until December 2025 which is being awarded through a compliant exception due to the absent of competition for technical reasons under Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

The services are required in order to maintain our traditional telephony functionality used for desk phones, alarm lines (Fire, Lift, and Security) and door access / concierge systems. The contract term reflects the nationwide Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) switch off by December 2025, where we will be replacing these services with newer technology leading up to that date.

To award a contract necessary to continue utilising traditional telephony services provided by
Virgin Media Business until December 2025 which is being awarded through a compliant exception due to the absent of competition for technical reasons under Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

The services are required in order to maintain our traditional telephony functionality used for desk phones, alarm lines (Fire, Lift, and Security) and door access / concierge systems. The contract term reflects the nationwide Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) switch off by December 2025, where we will be replacing these services with newer technology leading up to that date.

To award a contract necessary to continue utilising traditional telephony services provided by
British Telecom until December 2025 which is being awarded through a compliant exception due to the absent of competition for technical reasons under Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

Director approval to accept the offer of grant and commit expenditure up to £180,000 to support volunteering activity in parks in south and east Bristol.

Acceptance of a UKSPF grant, administered by the West of England Combined Authority, to support volunteering activity in parks in south and east Bristol, to be delivered by Your Park Bristol and Bath. Period of grant: to 31st March 2025. Parks and communities to benefit: Withywood Park, Hartcliffe Millennium Green, Willmott Park, Stockwood Open Space, Cottle Road Open Space, Manor Woods Valley, Northern Slopes, Dundry Slopes and Hengrove Mounds

Bristol City Council operates four sites that have biomass boilers fuelled by wood pellets (essentially, compressed sawdust shaped in to small pellets for ease of handling). This contract renews the supply of pellets to these sites, using a public sector framework compliant with procurement regulations that also ensures the provenance and quality of the fuel supplied.

To appoint AMP Clean Energy (aka Forest Fuels Ltd) to supply wood pellets for the Council’s biomass boilers through the Crown Commercial Service’s (CCS) National Fuels framework.

To maintain this business-critical service whilst a full contract re-tender opportunity is undertaken.

1.Approval for The Bottle Yard Studios to extend Provision of IT Services contract with Bristol IT Company Ltd for a period of 6 months between July 2023 and Jan 2024, providing services for both the main site and the expansion site ‘TBY2’.
2.Determine that all necessary approvals are in place in order to extend the contract and that a further cabinet decision is not required.

Brighter Places have reviewed the financial viability of both developments and are using a combination of tenure change, increasing internal subsidy and Homes England Grant funding to maintain delivery. Seven social rent units at Lower Ashley Road are being flipped to Shared ownership, which is not funded under BCCs AHFP. This releases £246,000 of BCC funding from the approved allocation of £1.4m to deliver 31 homes.
The St Johns development of 36 Passiv Haus affordable homes is showing a significant viability challenge due to increasing build costs, the transfer of funding will greatly assist in securing the delivery of this development and is part of a suit of additional funding resources to support the development. The revised development will receive a total of £1,356,000 and will see Affordable Rents switched to Social Rent with a significant improvement in affordability.
The development appraisal for the site has been scrutinised by BCC and Homes England.
This movement of funding ensures no loss of AH delivery for the city.

To approve the movement of £246,000 capital funding, awarded under the Council’s Affordable Housing Funding Policy for affordable housing delivery between two Brighter Places development. Funding will be moved from Lower Ashley Road to the St Johns development to ensure the viability of the St John’s development.

This product is one a small number available but has been in use within Bristol City Council for the past four years. The proposed procurement route is to Direct Award through a CSS Framework - RM3821 Data and Application Solutions. This Framework has been extended until 22 May 2023. DAS (Data and Applications Solutions) is a compliant route and allows for a Direct Award. The solution is already embedded on our infrastructure so ensures best value for public money with no additional costs to seek a similar solution that would incur additional costs with any other supplier.

To renew our licensing/support agreement with Civica through Direct Award for a period of three years.