FOI Request - Housing Maintenance

Request 101003898388

Please can you provide the following information:

1. Please could you confirm whether you have a Direct Labour Organisation or Direct Services Organisation (i.e. internal maintenance team) for council housing maintenance, use only external contractors or both?

2. If having a direct led/services organisation, please could you confirm the name the organisation operates under and whether it is a separate limited company?

3. Please could you confirm who manages or leads said organisation and provide their contact details?

4. Approximately how many people does the direct organisation employ?

5. Does the direct maintenance organisation have its own internal stores for housing maintenance, is contracted out (e.g. Jewsons, Travis Perkins, etc.) or just uses local trade accounts? If internal, please provide the contact details of the Stores Manager. If contracted out, please provide details and relevant branch(es)?

Response 12-01-2026

1. We have a DLO (Building Services) and use external contractors to support our DLO and for direct specialist works or larger Planned works projects.

2. It is a trading operation, part of our Housing, Property and Communities service and funded by our Housing Revenue Account (where all surpluses are returned/defects covered) . 

Trading name:
Building Services DLO
1 Mosstodloch Industrial Estate
Mosstodloch
Fochabers, Moray
IV32 7LH

3. Mike Rollo
Service Manager Building Services
Tel. (01343) 829000

Email: dlo.business support@moray.gov.uk  

4. 180

5. Internal Store, located at Mosstodloch
Business Coordinator (Store Manager)

Tel. (01343) 829000

Email: dlo.stores@moray.gov.uk

(address as above)