Tenants Consultative Committee 8 October 2018 Agenda 1. Minutes - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Tenants Consultative Committee 8 October 2018 Agenda 1. Minutes - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Tenants Consultative Committee 8 October 2018 Agenda 1. Minutes and Matters Arising - 10 min 2. North Kensington Community Energy 3. Your Home Your Voice - Traverse update - 20 min 4. Procurement of major works - 20 min 5. Update on Task
Agenda
1. Minutes and Matters Arising - 10 min 2. North Kensington Community Energy 3. Your Home Your Voice - Traverse update - 20 min 4. Procurement of major works - 20 min 5. Update on Task and Finish Groups - 20 min 6. Residents Charter - 20 min 7. Forward Plan - 5 min
- 8. Future meetings
- 9. Case work
Improving TCC meetings
Aims:
- 1. To make sure we get the best out of the meeting
- 2. To make best use of time
- 3. To make sure everyone has an equal chance to take part
Groundrules:
- 1. Mutual respect – the golden rule!
- 2. Keep the meeting focussed on the issue in hand
- 3. Deal with individual issues outside of meeting
- 4. Agree broad times for discussion items
- 5. Residents to inform the agenda of the next meeting (new)
Update
Project update
BRIEF BACKGROUND
- Engagement with residents about
– how they would like their housing to be managed, and – how they would like to talk about issues surrounding their housing in future.
- Process designed by a resident steering group and Traverse
- Traverse are a consultancy specialising in public engagement
contracted by the TCC and the council to deliver this work
- NOT a formal options appraisal, but rather talking to residents about
what is important to them.
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SINCE LAST TCC
- Steering group meeting to decide timeline and process
- Accountability group meeting to decide reporting and update
mechanisms
- Work in the background – booking venues, starting website build, logo
and materials development.
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OVERVIEW OF PROCESS
- Minimum of 8 events across the borough
- Range of area meetings and focus groups
- Website giving information about the process (and information about
potential options for those who are interested)
- Comprehensive final report –feedback from events and analysis of
emails and online comments.
- Based on this round of engagement, the resident steering group and the
council will narrow down more specific options to ask residents about.
- Consultation on simpler list of options (potentially not run by Traverse)
- Two stage process delivered by end of March.
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NEXT STEPS
- Letter going out to residents this week
- Communication with RAs and community organisations to let them know
- Website in development yourhomeyourvoice.traverse.org.uk/
- Residents steering group giving feedback on:
– Letter content – Website content – Leaflet and poster design – Process and materials for meetings
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EVENTS
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Your home, your voice
Date Venue Time Sat 27th Oct Treverton Community centre, Balfour of Burleigh Estate, Ladbroke Grove, W10 6BG 10am to 12:30pm Tue 30th Oct Edenham Way Meeting Room, Edenham Way, W10 5XA 6.30pm – 9pm Wed 7th Nov Sir Thomas More Community Centre, Sir Thomas More Estate, Beaufort Street, SW3 5BH 6.30pm – 9pm Sat 10th Nov Kensal Resource centre, Appleford Road, W10 5EQ 10am to 12:30pm Tue 13th Nov John Keys Resource Centre, Pond House, Pond Place, SW3 6QU 6.30pm – 9pm Wed 21st Nov Silchester Community Room, Estate Clubroom, 1-80 Frinstead House, Freston Road, W10 6TY 6.30pm – 9pm Sat 24th Nov World’s End Community Centre, Blantyre Street, SW10 0EH 2:30 pm - 5pm Sat 1st Dec World’s End Community Centre, Blantyre Street, SW10 0EH 2:30 pm - 5pm
Procurement of Major Works
Preferred Options to procure the Capital Works Programme for the next five years
Options
Option 1 - Repairs Direct Ltd Option 2 - Existing Framework from a third party Option 3 - New Framework Option 4 – Tendering Individual Work Package
Option One: Repairs Direct
- Lack Capacity
- Legacy history of poor reputation
- Reputation improving but confidence
needs rebuilding
- Develop capacity over eighteen months
- Contribution to capital programme once
established capacity and reputation – up to 10% of works
Option Two – Existing Framework
(only for stop-gaps)
May not be best current VFM due to varying market conditions May exclude SMEs as principal suppliers No opportunities for new suppliers
- nce established
Royalty fee is paid to the framework owner May not meet the requirements
- f the Landlord
and Tenants Act Maximum of four years
Option Three- New Framework
- Ability to select from a number of suppliers
(multi supplier framework)
- Ability to direct award to the first ranked
supplier
- Ability to run a mini competition
- RBKC is not obliged to call off from
suppliers once they award a framework Agreement
- When a framework agreement is due to
expire, call off can still take place
- Landlord and Tenant Act Compliant route
Possible Framework Structure
Consultancy Lots
- Lot 1A — Small commissions —
General construction;
- Lot 1B — Small commissions —
Mechanical and Electrical;
- Lot 2 — Internal and external works
— e.g. windows, roofs, decorations;
- Lot 3 — Lift replacement and major
upgrades;
- Lot 4 — Electrical systems
replacement and major upgrades; —
- Lot 5 — Mechanical systems
replacement and major upgrades; —
- Lot 6 — New build accommodation.
Construction lots
- Lot 1 A - Design Services Sub-Lot
(Multidisciplinary)
- Lot 1 B - Engineering Services Sub-Lot
- Lot 1 C - Project Delivery Services Sub-
Lot
- Lot 1 D - Cost & Commercial Sub-Lot
- Lot 1 E - Compliance Health & Safety
Sub-Lot
- Lot 2 - Design Services
(Multidisciplinary)
- Lot 3 - Engineering Services
- Lot 4 - Project Delivery Services
- Lot 5 - Cost & Commercial Consultants
Option 4 – Tendering Individual Packages
Competitive Market – Provide the best possible value for money outcome for each procurement activity Market Testing – Able to understand what alternatives and options are available in the market place New suppliers / SMEs – Provides opportunities for new suppliers and SME’s to bid on new contracts Added Values – Able to negotiate better value, better quality of service and social benefits Compliance and Regulations – Contracts are procured using current regulations Contract Duration – Ability to procure a long term contract (no limit
- n contract duration)
- Useful for particular
projects where residents want a full fresh tender
- Helps to benchmark the
framework and ensure prices remain market
- Use for up to 20 per cent
- f the value of capital
programme
Ensuring compliance
- Provision to rest
suppliers from Framework
- Financial retention for
each project
- Mini competition (MC)
- f each project with
selection assisted by residents
- Each MC takes
account of previous projects and score
- Use of council’s own
experts (e.g. Clerk of Works) during works to sign off each stage
- Regular competitions
- utside framework
Task & Finish Group updates
- 1. ASB Review
- 2. Estate Services Review
- 3. Repairs and Maintenance
- 4. Workforce Development
- 5. Customer Services
ASB Review - The story so far and next steps
- Two meetings held
- Aims and Objectives
agreed
- Presentation given on
current arrangements and ASB
- Community Safety
provided a presentation
- Tenancy Agreement
reviewed
- ASB Policy Reviewed
- ASB Policy Changes to
be made for group to review
- Group to discuss changes
- ASB Service Standard
- ASB Procedure
- Recommendations made
to TCC
Estate Service Review - the story so far and next steps
- Two meetings held
- Aims and Objectives
agreed
- Service Overview
Provided
- Role of Estate Service
Assistants discussed
- Option Appraisal
- Estate Services
Assistant
- Handymen
- Caretakers
- Costs
- Report to TCC
February 2019
Repairs & Maintenance
- 2 meetings of the group held
- Opportunity for customers to offer their experience of the
service
- Updated the group on Repairs Direct Improvement Plan
- Noticeable improvement in service delivery – but more to
do
- Detailed review of the current Repairs service offer and on
future service offer
- Will be represented to the group in mid-October
- Submitted to TCC for approval
Workforce Development
- New Council Values & Behaviors – Agreed September
2018
- Training Plan set out for Staff
- Resident Involvement in Recruitment
- Resident Involvement in Induction
- Resident Attendance at Staff Conference
- Next meeting 30 October – report back December 2018
Customer Services
- 2 meetings held and group agreed terms of reference
Members have influenced/provided feedback on:
- The remit of the group – members asked to broaden out
its role from complaints to include customer services
- Draft Residents’ Charter – style and resident
priorities/expectations
- Anti-social behaviour – keen to understand links to
complaints
- General customer service – presentation on Customer
Services Centre
- Compensation policy recommendations
Residents’ Charter
- Sets out two-way commitment between Housing
Management and tenants/leaseholders
- Encourages a culture of mutual trust and respect,
partnership working and community cohesion
- Links to RBKC’s new values -
- Putting communities first
- Integrity
- Respect
- Working together
Residents’ Charter
Complaints/Customer Service Task & Finish Group feedback:
- The Charter sets out HM’s promises to residents
- Preferred the version without links to how
residents could help HM deliver its promises
- Whilst important, residents’ commitments are
already in tenancy/lease agreements. Perhaps include in the Residents’ Handbook?
- Language “too authoritarian” in places
Residents’ Charter
Timetable:
- Initial residents’ views - Complaints/Customer
Service Task & Finish Group - 3 October 2018
- Review against the STAR survey results to ensure
resident priorities incorporated – November 2018
- Wider resident consultation – from December
- Publication in the spring edition of Housing Matters
As your landlord, we will: What you can do to help us:
- Treat you fairly, as an individual and
always be honest about what we can and cannot do
- Treat the Council’s officers and contractors
fairly, and with the same level of respect you expect to receive
- Create genuine opportunities for you to
work with us to shape and improve the services you receive, making better use of technology where possible
- Help us by telling us when things go well and
when they don’t, so we can use your feedback to measure and improve services
- Take all reports of anti-social behaviour
seriously and investigate
- Respect and act considerately towards your
neighbours, and ensure your family and visitors to your home do the same
- Maintain your home so it is safe, secure
and weather-tight in accordance with the conditions of your tenancy agreement or lease
- Respect your home and help us to keep it in
good condition by reporting all repairs promptly, and carrying out any minor repairs you are responsible for
- Let you know in advance when we may
need to access your home, or when work in communal areas might affect you
- Give reasonable access to your home so we
can maintain it and keep you safe
- Make getting things ‘right first time’ our
priority, and respond quickly and efficiently to your problems
- Make us aware of any problems as soon as
possible, and work with us to resolve them
- Provide equal access to services and
appointments that are convenient to you whenever possible
- Keep all appointments you make with us, or
let us know in advance if you can’t
- Provide high quality, professional
services that are easy to use and offer good value for money
- Pay your rent, service charges and other
money owed to us on time and in full. If you apply for financial assistance, you will provide any information needed to process your claim on time
- Be clear with what our, and your,
responsibilities are so there is no confusion
- Understand and keep to the conditions set
- ut in your tenancy or lease agreement
- Regularly ask you what you think of our
services and use this feedback to make improvements
- Provide constructive feedback on our
services and performance
Contact Details
For more information on the Complaints/Customer Service Task & Finish Group: Jane Jolly Interim Assistant Director of Policy & Performance
- Tel. No. 020 7605 6398
Email: jane.jolly@rbkc.gov.uk
Forward Plan
x Report TCC Leadership Procurement of major works October November Fire doors procurement Adair and Hazelwood major works October Repairs Policy November November Compensation Policy November November HRA Business Plan January January