A new contractor to provide grounds maintenance services across the North Region

Section 20 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 (as amended) requires a landlord (Clarion Housing) to consult tenants and leaseholders who pay variable service charges before entering into a long-term agreement where:

• The agreement will be longer than 12 months, and
• any single tenant/leaseholder would be liable to pay more than £100 (including VAT) within a year

This notice has been sent to all residents in the North region who:

• have communal areas with their properties that require Grounds Maintenance
• are liable to contribute towards their servicing and upkeep.

We propose to enter into a single long-term agreement for the services of a supplier(s) to provide Grounds Maintenance across the North regions.

Long-term agreements allow us to work with contractors over a longer period of time to maximise efficiencies and achieve greater value for our customers.

The length of the contracts will mean we are able to provide consistent delivery standards.

Any existing contracts in place we have will be coming to an end very soon.

You will continue to be billed your service charge on the basis of an estimated cost which is then confirmed at the end of the financial year.

This notice has been sent to you to explain that we plan to enter into a new contract for Grounds Maintenance. It is not to notify you of an increase in cost.

Yes, please contact the Home Ownership Team and we will arrange for this to be posted or emailed to you.

You may also view any documentation by downloading the document above.

You have the right to make comments and observations on the Notice of Intention. To do so, please send them in writing to:

Home Ownership Team

Clarion Housing Group

Reed House,

Peachman Way,

Norwich,

NR7 0WF

Or email s20.observations@myclarionhousing.com

If you wish to make formal observations, they must be in writing and received before 20th November 2023.

If you would like to talk about this via the telephone, please contact customer services and ask to speak to the Home Ownership team.

Please note however, that any verbal communication isn't seen as an observation that should be considered.

No, but you have a right to make any comments or observations regarding the Notice of Intention.

If you are happy with the information you have been provided, we would just ask you to keep the Notice for your records. .

Clarion Housing is subject to the Public Contracts Regulations (2015) which means we are required to publish a Contract Notice in the Find a Tender Service (FTS).

This will allow all contractors to express an interest in applying for the agreement. Clarion Housing is not required to give leaseholders the right to nominate contractors when FTS applies.

The specification, available to download on this web page, will include the details of the proposed new contract.