Contract Awards: 09/10/2025
Explore the latest UK social housing contract awards, including kitchen & bathroom modernisations, net zero retrofit works, planned housing repairs, fire safety, gas servicing, roofing frameworks, voids cleaning, drainage, and estate maintenance across England.
In one of the largest national frameworks of the month, Places for People Group has awarded its £30m Windows Framework – England, appointing contractors including Sekura Commercials, Sovereign Group, Direct Window Co, Select Windows, Rapid Pvcu Systems, Glevum Design & Build, Munster Joinery, Exact Windows, Unique Window Systems, and A&B Glass Company. The four-year agreement spans uPVC and timber window installations across nine English regions, providing direct award and mini-competition routes for future call-offs.
Enhancing property standards across the South, VIVID has procured Ian Williams and George Jones & Son (Contractors) on an £8m Cyclical Decorations Framework, delivering internal and external redecoration and minor repair programmes over four years. Meanwhile, Lochfield Park Housing Association in Glasgow has appointed Dumbreck Decorators, Bell Group, and Mitie Property Services under a £238k Painterwork Framework for its 556 homes.
Supporting decarbonisation targets, North Kesteven District Council has awarded Sureserve Energy Holding a £2.66m Decarbonisation Works contract, while Golding Homes has appointed Carbon 3 for a £909k Energy Improvement project, completing insulation and lighting upgrades across homes in Kent and the South East. Across England, Bolton at Home continues to enhance building efficiency with Jackson Jackson & Sons delivering a £3.0m Loft Insulation programme via Fusion21, alongside F Bamford (Engineering) supplying and installing £500k worth of communal door replacements.
In East Anglia, Orwell Housing Association has issued multiple awards through the Eastern Procurement framework — Purdy Contracts secured a £460k Responsive Repairs and Adaptations call-off, while TP Fire & Security won a £461k Warden Call, Fire Alarm, and CCTV contract to strengthen property safety systems. Further north, Cumberland Council has directly awarded Direct Health Care Group a £100k call-off for the supply and installation of ceiling track hoists, improving mobility support within community housing. Complementing this, West Dunbartonshire Council has appointed GKL Facilities Services to deliver a £2.0m Plumbing term contract, providing backup support for in-house maintenance teams.
In Northern Ireland, the Northern Ireland Housing Executive awarded R. Heatrick an £858k Weighbridge and Waste Disposal Service contract for North and West Belfast, ensuring efficient waste management support for ongoing maintenance operations. Across the Midlands, Nottingham City Council has re-engaged Thomas Bow under a £468k call-off for the West End Point Regeneration works, while in Yorkshire, Liam Bacon secured a £208k Roofing project for Yorkshire Housing. Rounding out the week, Wheatley Homes East awarded G Grigg and Sons a £144k roof replacement for flatted dwellings in Edinburgh, reinforcing structural safety and energy performance.
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