Decisions

This provided the quickest and most efficient route to market to provide responsive repairs services and ensure Bristol City Council fulfils its statutory duty to provide repairs.

Approval to award a temporary arrangement for a provider to carry out responsive repairs to Housing owned properties while a permanent contract is procured. This was to provide services for responsive repairs to occupied properties due to the delay in procuring the Responsive Repairs framework and ensures that Bristol City Council fulfils its statutory duty to provide repairs.

On 3rd March 2022 Cabinet authorised the Executive Director Growth and Regeneration to extend the two low support contracts, with a maximum budget envelope of £550,000 p.a., for a period up until 30th September 2024. The decision to extend them for a period of 18 months until 31st March 2024 has been made so that they will align with the high/medium support contracts. These are two contracts in the Young People’s Housing

The decision is to extend the low support contract with Livewest, as part of the Young People’s Housing

Approval was given at Cabinet on May 10th, 2022, for progression to a tender process, with the decision delegated to the Director of Growth and Regeneration. The existing contract expires in September 2022.

Bristol City Council is to commission a new book supply contract for 27 sites within Bristol Library Service (adult and children). The Council will be directly awarding the contract to Askews

This decision is made in accordance with The Project 1000 Affordable Housing Delivery Plan 2022-25 and outlines how the council will focus its land, time, money, and influence to improve the way affordable housing is delivered in Bristol.
The council’s ambition is to work with partners, local communities and developers to deliver 1000 new affordable homes each year by 2024.
To develop this plan, we have reviewed the successes and challenges of previous housing projects in Bristol. We will use these experiences to determine how we can support the affordable homes that the city needs.

That the Executive Director of Growth and Regeneration in consultation with the Mayor (with appropriate legal, finance and procurement advice) approves entering into contract with Vistry for the construction of 34 new council homes.

This decision is made in accordance with the HRA Development Programme 22-27 approved by Cabinet in February 2022 to accelerate the provision of housing to meet the council’s ambition is to work with partners, local communities and developers to deliver 1000 new affordable homes each year by 2024.

Award of a contract to Lawrence Weston for the construction of 57 new council homes. Consultation has taken place with the Section 151 Officer, Cabinet Member for Finance, Governance and Performance and Cabinet Member for Housing Delivery and Homes.

This decision is made in accordance with the HRA Development Programme 22-27 approved by Cabinet in February 2022 to accelerate the provision of housing to meet the council’s ambition is to work with partners, local communities and developers to deliver 1000 new affordable homes each year by 2024.

Award of a contract to Vistry for the construction of 32 new council homes. Consultation has taken place with the Section 151 Officer, Cabinet Member for Finance, Governance and Performance and Cabinet Member for Housing Delivery and Homes.

Temple Island enabling works project is a 5-year programme of design and construction for a series of enabling works, to facilitate development of the Temple Island site.
In October 2020 Cabinet authorised the Executive Director for Growth and Regeneration, in consultation with the Mayor, the S.151 Officer, and Director of Legal Services to use up to £32m of repurposed EDF funding towards the enabling works. Further, in December 2021 the WECA Joint Committee approved the Change Request submitted in July 2021 associated with the Temple Island Enabling Works project and issued a revised Grant Offer Letter (GOL) based on the same.
BCC have competitively tendered rates with the Strategic Partner and have secured the resource needed from the Partnership.
Call off from professional services contract with Strategic Partner (Arcadis working with Arup and Mott MacDonald) towards Temple Island Enabling Works.

This decision utilises £1,106,821 of the £32m funding allocation to procure the Council’s Strategic Capital Partnership for a period of 15 months to provide project management, cost management and design services to maintain progress (as per Strategic Partnering Initiative – Temple Island Enabling Works to RIBA 4 – Project Plan dated 25th May 2022).

On 3rd March 2022 Cabinet authorised the Executive Director Growth and Regeneration to extend the Bristol Youth Hub (known as MAPS) contract for a period up until 30th September 2024 with a maximum budget envelope of £300,000 p.a. The decision to extend for a period of 6 months until 31st March 2023 has been made to enable review of MAPS in the light of required new changes to recording and joint working. MAPS provides essential advice, support, and mediation as part of our Young People’s Housing Pathway. We intend to recommission the Pathway services in 2024.

The decision is to extend the Bristol Youth Hub contract with 1625 Independent People for provision of the MAPS service, as part of the Young People’s Housing

Decision to agree an increase in fees and charges for a range of regulatory services with effect from 1 August 2022.

Fees and charges are subject to an annual review, there was no increase last year. The income from fees should be sufficient to run the service without relying on the General Revenue account however as other costs have increased it is now necessary to increase fees. Generally a fee increase of 4% has been applied across the board although there have been some increases and reductions for various reasons.

On 3rd March 2022 Cabinet authorised the Executive Director Growth and Regeneration to extend the two low support contracts, with a maximum budget envelope of £550,000 p.a., for a period up until 30th September 2024. The decision to extend them for a period of 18 months until 31st March 2024 has been made so that they will align with the high/medium support contracts. These are two contracts in the Young People’s Housing

The decision is to extend the low support contract with 1625 Independent People, as part of the Young People’s Housing

To enable information to be provided explaining how Bristol City Council’s Local Plan policies relating to affordable housing provision including the delivery of First Homes will be applied.

To authorise publication of: Affordable Housing Practice Note (July 2022) and Delivery of First Homes in Bristol (July 2022).

The decision is made in accordance with the delegated authority provided at April 2022 Cabinet for development of the 601 Whitchurch Lane site (Construction of light industrial units).

The Council is appointing a main contractor to build 14 light industrial units at 601 Whitchurch Lane, Bristol. The decision is to appoint Bray and Slaughter and manage the JCT Construction Contract utilising the budget approved at April 2022 Cabinet including available contingency. The decision follows completion of a compliant tender process and withdrawal of the first placed bidder’s tender, leading to Bray and Slaughter being appointed as the second placed bidder.

To deliver disabled adaptations across Bristol to BCC stock and Disabled Facility Grants to Owner Occupiers, Private Landlords and Housing associations.

Approval to award a contract for the Framework for the Installation

In March 2021 Cabinet approved the preferred approach to manage the risk of flooding from the River Avon as set out in the Strategic Outline Case and approved the development of Outline Business Case(s) to further refine proposals and progress the case for investment. This decision allows us to provide a dedicated resource to manage the project on a day-to-day basis.

To approve utilisation of the Strategic Partnership Initiative contract to provide the council with project management support for the Bristol Avon Flood Strategy.