Laois council expect to spend up to €150k on electrics repairs

Laois County Council has budgeted to spend up to an estimated €150,000 fixing electrical problems in council housing over 12 months.

The local authority, which owns and maintains over 2,000 social housing units, says it is required to provide responsive electrical repairs to these units.

It has invited tenders from companies to bid to carry out repairs on its behalf. It says repairs will typically include :

• Minor repairs to fittings, sockets, switches, lights etc.

• Replacement of certain appliances – cookers, hobs, ovens, storage heaters extractor fans

etc.

• Supply & fitting of smoke/heat/CO alarms.

• Replacing fuseboards

• Upgrading meter tails, incl liaison with ESB.

• Periodic Inspections and certifications.

• Partial or complete rewirings.

The council says it does not intend to carry out significant volumes of extensions, void / relet / major refurbishments under the contract.

It says the anticipated there could be up to 200 repairs required over a 12 month period a quarter of which will be urgent and about 5% will be prioritised as high priority.

It says units will generally be occupied for these repairs, and they will generally be required at short notice.

The council says anticipated total spend under the contract in in the range of €100-150k per annum.