National Housing Maintenance Forum

Plenary 4 - Wednesday 12:30

Leaseholder Consultation & OJEU

The session will look at some of the issues surrounding leaseholder consultation in the context of procuring contracts for major asset management and improvement works. It will cover:

• an overview of what consultation is required;
• the risks and consequences of not consulting properly;
• how to identify where an OJEU notice is required and where the work is valued below the EU procurement threshold;
• the different consultation requirements that apply to each case;
• the dangers of using framework agreements in the light of the recent Leasehold Valuation Tribunal decision and how to minimise these dangers; and
• the difficulty with these procedures in relation to central purchasing bodies.

This session is presented jointly by Jonathan Cox (service charges) and Andrew Millross (procurement), each of whom are nationally recognised specialists in their respective areas.

Speakers - Jonathan Cox, Andrew Millross and John Fisher