Stock Condition Surveys

What the buyer is asking for

Enfield Council is seeking to appoint a single suitably qualified Consultant to deliver stock condition surveys across its housing stock of approximately 15,800 properties, which include tenanted, leasehold and high-rise blocks. The surveys will refresh the Council’s stock condition data in its Apex asset management system and support the following: its 30-year Business Plan and Housing Asset Management and Sustainability Strategy; Decent Homes Standard and HHSRS compliance; the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018; Awaab’s Law; its net zero carbon by 2040 and SAP 86 by 2030 targets. The services comprise: validation surveys of existing records, and more comprehensive attribute and characteristic surveys where data is missing or unreliable; whole-block surveys, including an internal sample of about 10% of dwellings; HHSRS assessments, with immediate reporting of Category 1 hazards (and Category 2 damp and mould); RdSAP EPC assessments by accredited energy assessors where instructed; resident liaison, appointment management and no-access evidence; weekly reporting, trackers and data uploads, plus a 50-property pilot. The programme is indicatively 20% of stock per year, called off at fixed rates irrespective of volume variation. The lead Consultant must be a Chartered Building Surveyor on the RICS Accreditation Register. Not the total contract value is only inclusive of the initial term, not the extension periods.