Contract Awards: 15/05/2025
From carbon cuts to cemetery care – today’s social housing contract awards unveil transformative upgrades across the UK, spanning void repairs, fire safety, asbestos removals, and green space revitalisation.
Transforming vacant housing stock, Newcastle City Council has awarded a £5m contract to A&J Keith, Buston & Maughan, Zenith Mechanical Services, and Triple Shield Property Maintenance. Over a 24-month term, the project focuses on reinstating void properties and executing large-scale repairs and maintenance across its housing portfolio, with options for two 12-month extensions. Advancing energy efficiency, Bolton at Home has entrusted A Connolly with a £2.06m contract for Phase 2 of the Hindleys Carbon Reduction Scheme. This 12-month programme targets 107 domestic properties, implementing internal and external insulation upgrades (CWI & EWI) to improve thermal performance and reduce emissions.
Bringing fresh life to exteriors, Folkestone & Hythe District Council has selected Bell Group for a £1.6m contract covering external redecorations and associated repairs. Set to run for 24 months starting April 2025, with potential 24-month extensions, the project spans extensive cyclical works across tenanted homes, leaseholds, and sheltered schemes, addressing everything from communal doors and facades to fencing, structural repairs, and landscape tidying. Prioritising resident safety, Broxtowe Borough Council has appointed Hugh LS McConnell under a £7.2m call-off contract for active and passive fire safety works. The 24-month agreement, procured via Procurement for Housing’s Fire Safety Framework covers essential compliance improvements across the borough’s housing estate, with a potential 12-month extension.
Delivering environmental transformation at scale, Southend-on-Sea Borough Council has entered into a groundbreaking £360m, 96-month contract with SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK. This wide-ranging agreement encompasses household waste collection, recycling operations, street cleansing, management of HWRCs, hazardous waste handling, graffiti removal, and event clean-ups, positioning Southend as a leader in integrated waste and environmental services.
Tackling hazardous legacy issues, the South East Consortium has activated a 48-month, £30m Asbestos Removals Framework awarded to nine specialists including Cablesheer, Asbestech, AA Woods, Amstech, Clifford Devlin, and others. The framework enables both licensed and non-licensed asbestos removals, plus associated reinstatement and enabling works, across a UK-wide housing portfolio. Caring for community spaces, Bexley London Borough has signed a £34.33m contract with Tivoli Group for comprehensive grounds maintenance, arboriculture, and burial services over a 72-month period. Covering parks, verges, cemeteries, and play areas, the agreement includes horticulture, biodiversity projects, memorial inspections, emergency tree response, and burial operations, with arboricultural works commencing April 2026.
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