Issue details
Warm Homes Fund project installer contracts to GSR Heating Ltd, Kensa Contracting Ltd. and E.On Energy Installation Services Ltd. via signing of Seal Authority forms.
- A fully compliant procurement exercise has
taken place recommending the appointment of GSR Heating Ltd and
Kensa Contracting Ltd on a cost and quality (40%/60%) scored basis
as well as the direct award to E.On Installations Services through
the Fusion 21 procurement framework (please see attached
procurement reports for further information).
- Warm Homes Fund projects seek to alleviate fuel poverty for
eligible residents in the county via the installation of more
efficient and economic heating systems;
- Fuel Poverty affects around 10,000 households in the county
(12.2%). This figure is higher than the national level of 10.9% and
reflects the challenges that the county faces in relation to the
energy efficiency of properties including a large proportion of
older, hard to treat properties and restricted access to mains gas
due to the rural nature of the county
- Decreasing fuel poverty can be linked to increasing housing
standards as well as health and wellbeing. Inequalities in a range
of health issues can be tracked to the quality of housing; examples
include the link between respiratory disease and dampness and
mould, and excess winter deaths and poor insulation and space
heating. In relation to illness due to cold housing for example,
BRE estimate an annual cost of at least £145 million to the
NHS (The Health Costs of Cold Dwellings, BRE, 2001).
- Housing also accounts for around a quarter of the County’s
carbon dioxide emissions and therefore by helping to improve the
energy efficiency of heating systems in properties, the Warm Homes
Fund projects will contribute to climate change reduction
targets.
Decision type: Non-key
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Notice of proposed decision first published: 14/07/2020
Decision due: 13 July 2020 by Assistant Director for Regulatory, Environment and Waste Services (Historic)
Contact: Marc Willimont, Head of Public Protection Email: mwillimont@herefordshire.gov.uk Tel: 01432261986.
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