Leaseholders

Consultation

Qualifying long-term agreements

We may also decide to enter into a qualifying long-term agreement with a contractor. This is an agreement for more than 12 months that could mean you having to pay more than £100 a year for goods or services, if this is the most cost-effective way of providing these. Again, if we plan to do this, we are legally required to consult you.

Stage 1

Before we get estimates we must send you a Notice of Intention that describes the work, goods or services and reasons for it. The notice gives you 30 days to comment and invites you to put forward the name of a contractor who you would like us to get an estimate from.

Stage 2

When we have at least 2 estimates from prospective service providers, we will send you a Notice of Proposals that tells you about the agreements and how much you may have to pay for the goods, works or services. It also includes a summary of comments we have received following the earlier Notice of Intention. The notice gives you another 30 days to comment.

Stage 3

If we don’t appoint the lowest priced contractor or a nominated contractor, we have to send you a third notice stating the reasons for our choice.

If major repairs costing more than £250 are done under a qualifying long-term agreement, we will send you a separate notice with details of the work. You will then have another 30 days to comment.

Note: Some large contracts for repairs or services have to be advertised in the European Journal. If this is the case, you do not have the right to nominate a contractor.