By law, landlords must consult before carrying out certain works or entering into a long-term agreement with a contractor/supplier.
This guide gives a summary of the regulations we must follow when we consult you about work or services which you have to pay for, either as part of your service charge or as a one-off invoice.
Under the terms of your lease or tenancy agreement, you must pay towards the cost of any services or work to the building your home is in or the estate it is on.
You do this by paying a variable service charge see About Service Charges – Great Places for more information about service charges. Under section 20 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 (amended by section 151 of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002), we must consult you we must consult you if the works or services trigger section 20 values.
We must consult you before we do any of the following:
For public notice contracts you will get two separate notices:
| What | Why | When | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Notice – Notice of Intention | To provide details of the services we wish to procure and why. | Before we invite contractors to tender for the work or service (known as the tender process).Following completion of the tender process. | |
| 2nd Notice – Notice of Proposals | To provide details of estimates from the contractor who we propose to award the contract to. | Following completion of the tender process. |
Government procurement rules require that opportunities to bid for contracts over a certain value must be published via the ‘Find a Tender Service’. In this scenario, you will not have the right to suggest a contractor. This will be made clear in the Notice.
