Standing List of Contractors

Stroud District Council cares for over 5,000 homes, as well as a number of Civic buildings. We are updating our list of Contractors for certain work categories. Once the Standing list for a particular category has been approved by Cabinet, it will be reviewed again in 2 years time. Under normal circumstances, no new applications will be accepted between reviews.

Timetable

The time table for applications and anticipated works values are given below:

Closing date for submission of completed application forms 25 September 2008 - Now closed
List presented to Cabinet December 2008
New list operation 1 January 2009

Anticipated Work

We have adopted long term partnering approach for some of our major spend areas - Decorating and Kitchen replacement. We also have a new long term contract for our major voids refurbishments. Most of the remaining work will therefore be for smaller, individual pieces of work.

Works Category	Value
Fencing, Landscaping	Contracts and individual orders usually up to £25,000
Surfacing	Contracts and individual orders usually up to £25,000
General Building Works,	Contracts and individual orders usually up to £10,000
Disabled adaptations	Contracts and individual orders usually up to £10,000
Roofing	Annual contracts - annual expenditure possibly up to £300,000
Timber treatment	Usually orders for individual properties.

Selection Procedure

Stroud District Council has a strong Environmental ethos. This extends to reducing "construction miles" by procuring labour and materials locally wherever possible at economic levels. The assessment for Standing list of Contractors includes questions on your local base, employing local labour, working on local training initiatives and contributions to the local community, and also your Environmental Management Strategy.

The scoring matrix will also consider Financial Status, Staffing levels, Health and Safety, Quality Assurance, H R policies, experience. We may wish to take up references from previous Public Sector Clients.

Each Contractor will be assessed for various bands of contract value. The selection procedure wishes to encourage applications from smaller contractors who may be keen to undertake some of our minor projects to ensure best fit of Contractor to size of project.