Thurrock Council has a housing stock of over 11 000 properties as a mixture of dwellings including high rise, low rise and individual houses. This contract establishes a single service provider to deliver inspection and maintenance and repairs to an array of various secure entrance systems and associated equipment; such as automatic door closers, vehicle and pedestrian gates; in council owned multi — occupancy housing sites. The equipment is of varying manufacture, predominately ISM and PAC, but also makes such as Davall, Select, Entrotec, Farfisa, Videx, Tunstall and Cotag.