URL: https://wyre.moderngov.co.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=753

Decision Maker: Resources Portfolio Holder

Outcome:

Is Key Decision?: Yes

Is Callable In?: Yes

Purpose: Entering into a new contract with Regenda Housing Group to enable Reganda Housing Group to process Wyre applications for social housing on My Home Choice Fylde Coast.

Content: The Director of Communities submitted a report to seek approval to enter into a contract with Regenda Housing Group (Regenda) to process applications for social housing in accordance with the My Home Choice Fylde Coast Consistent Assessment Policy. Also, to seek approval for an exemption from the contract procedure rules.   Decisions   The Resources Portfolio Holder and the Neighbourhood Services and Community Safety Portfolio Holder agreed:   That approval is given to enter into a three-year contract with Regenda at a cost of £30,000 per year (plus Consumer Price Index (CPI)). This will be met from the Homelessness Reserve.   That approval is given to allow the procurement under the exemption to contract procedures contained within the Financial Regulations and Financial Procedural Rules This is on the grounds that exemptions are permitted to contract procedures where “the goods, works or services are of a specialised nature carried out by only one or a limited number or firms with no reasonable satisfactory alternatives available”.

Date of Decision: July 31, 2025