Contract Tenders: 16/04/2025
Uncover the latest UK social housing contract opportunities! This summary highlights key open tenders, contract values, issuing authorities, and project scopes, providing essential insights for potential bidders.
Venturing into the realm of social housing contracts, Newport City Council is seeking to establish a PIN – Approved List of Contractors for Private Sector Housing Adaptation Works in Newport. This 48-month pipeline notice, valued at £5.2m, aims to create a pool of approved contractors for future housing adaptation works. Meanwhile, Tai Tarian Ltd in Neath Port Talbot has issued a PIN – Property Repairs and Responsive Maintenance Framework Agreement with an estimated value of £4m over 48 months. This preliminary market engagement invites contractors to discuss an anticipated framework agreement for property repairs and responsive maintenance including both in and out of hours services, plumbing, electrical work, carpentry, pest control, flooring, externals, roofing, and fabrication of metal gates across their 9,000 properties.
Exploring opportunities in Northern Ireland, Radius Housing is looking to appoint a select list of (up to 10) contractors for a Major Disabled Adaptations Framework. This 12-month framework, valued at £1.5m, will involve major adaptation, extension and refurb works at 21 specific properties. In a crucial tender, Reading Borough Council is seeking providers for a £3.68m, 24-month fire safety and compliance contract. Three lots cover risk assessments (including fire risk), remediation (including fire doors), and maintenance of fire alarm, emergency lights, risers, extinguishers, ventilation, sprinklers, and bin chutes across various housing types.
Turning attention to essential maintenance, Conwy County Borough Council is inviting tenders for the Servicing of Fire Alarm & Emergency Lights from April 2025 to March 2028, with a potential three-year contract and an optional one-year extension. This contract will ensure the ongoing servicing of fire alarm and emergency lights systems across their properties situated throughout the whole county of Conwy. Focusing on environmental upkeep, Southside Housing Association Ltd. in Glasgow has a Landscape Maintenance and Common Close Cleaning Contract available for an initial 21-month period, valued at £1.25m, with optional annual extensions up to March 2030. This contract encompasses landscape maintenance services litter picking, grass cutting, hedging, leaf collection, and internal/external cleaning, potentially expanding to tree work, repairs, and planting at Queensland Community Gardens.
Considering long-term asset management, Futures Housing Group is tendering for a Strategic Asset Management Framework across the East Midlands, and East of England a significant £4.2m framework agreement spanning 48 months. Seeking multiple bidders for general building, doors/windows, kitchens, plumbing/heating, electrical, joinery, roofing, fencing, glazing, locksmith, drainage, pathways/drives, damp proofing, tiling, electrical testing, bathrooms, plastering, flooring, clearance, painting, and void works, via Lots with call-offs. Finally, Ascent Homes, part of Advance Northumberland Ltd, is seeking a roofing subcontractor for their 55nr new build housing development at Longhorsley, a 21-month project focused on the roofing works for these new social housing units. These diverse tender opportunities present a wide range of potential projects for contractors within the UK social housing sector.