Decision details

To approve CBC entering into the Deed of Variation with UBICO for the delivery of changes to the grounds maintenance services in the contract dated April 1 2012 for grounds maintenance and other services (the contract identifies CBH as the managing agents). The changes to commence on April 1 2019.

The variation is the result of a detailed review of Cheltenham Borough Council’s (CBC) grounds maintenance service on Housing Revenue Account (HRA) land, provided by UBICO Limited (UBICO) and managed on our behalf by Cheltenham Borough Homes (CBH). The review was prompted by the need to provide a more accurate and equitable charging system for grounds maintenance coupled with a desire to address outstanding quality issues in the service provided by UBICO.

The Council’s Cabinet delegated authority to the Managing Director Place and Growth, in consultation with the Borough Solicitor, to finalise the Deed of Variation at its meting of the 18 December 2018.

To continue with existing arrangements.

The deed of variation has come about following customer feedback about the grounds maintenance survey.

The proposed Deed of Variation to change the original contract has been agreed between key officers within UBICO, CBH and CBC with CBC consulting with the Borough Solicitor, One Legal.