Contract Awards: 08/07/2025
Discover the Latest UK Social Housing Contract Awards – July 2025
This round-up of awarded contracts in UK social housing highlights planned maintenance, responsive repairs, void works, roofing, fire safety upgrades, and affordable housing developments. Explore key procurement insights including contract values, project scopes, tenures, and issuing authorities—all in one place.
Waltham Forest Housing Association has appointed TEB Builders under a £3.85m contract for planned works and responsive repairs over a 36-month period. This comprehensive contract covers responsive maintenance, voids, kitchens, bathrooms, call handling, and electrical services across its Greater London housing stock. Managed via Altair Ltd, the procurement seeks a single provider to ensure high-quality, consistent service for both planned and reactive maintenance.
Gateway Housing Association has selected Morgan Sindall Property Services for a £300k out of hours and make safe repairs service across Greater London. This 12-month contract, with potential extensions up to 36 months, ensures residents have access to emergency repair coverage during non-standard hours, including bank holidays and training periods. Accent Housing has awarded two parallel contracts, each worth £160k over 36 months, for kitchen and bathroom replacement planned works in the North West region—one to United Living Property Services and the other to Ian Williams. Procured across two lots, these awards reflect Accent’s ongoing commitment to upgrading homes and improving living standards through structured refurbishments. Meanwhile, Partick Housing Association Ltd has commissioned a 24-month, void repairs contract in Scotland to speed up property turnaround and reduce vacancy times.
City of York Council awarded a £1.61m heating works contract to Rothwell Plumbing Services for upgrades at Alex Lyon and Honeysuckle House. This 6-month agreement, procured through the Fusion21 framework, focuses on central heating upgrades to enhance energy efficiency and tenant comfort in Yorkshire. North Lanarkshire Council entrusted Harmony Fire with a vital £1.17m sprinkler retrofit project across two tower blocks in Motherwell. The 8-month contract includes full design, installation, and compliance works, reinforcing fire safety standards through state-of-the-art suppression systems for 12-storey residential buildings.
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council has awarded Amalgamated Lifts a £241k contract for lift modernisation at three sheltered housing schemes. Scheduled over four months, the East Anglia-based works focus on upgrading hydraulic passenger lifts, enhancing reliability and accessibility for elderly residents. Burnley Borough Council has committed £4.7m to FCC Environment UK under a long-term waste and cleansing services contract. Spanning an impressive 96 months, the North West project ensures the borough maintains high environmental and cleanliness standards across its social housing and communal areas.
Fife Council secured two parallel house clearance and cleaning services contracts, each worth £1.96m over 24 months. Perfect Clean Edinburgh and Orbis Protect (formerly SitexOrbis) will deliver essential services—including pest control, trauma cleaning, and garden maintenance—across the Scottish council’s housing, hostel, and traveller sites. Colchester Borough Council has engaged Rose Builders on a £6.79m design and build project for affordable housing at Military Road. This 24-month East Anglia development focuses on family housing provision, site regeneration, and community integration, with a RIBA Stage 2–7 scope.
Kingdom Housing Association Ltd has chosen Ogilvie Homes for the acquisition of affordable housing at Broich Road Phase 3 in Scotland. The 12-month contract, valued at £5.36m, will contribute significantly to the region’s social housing pipeline, with works commencing in July 2025. Golding Homes appointed Crittenden Tarmac and Concreting Contractors for a £3.45m groundworks, clearance, and associated works contract over 36 months. Covering Greater London and the South East, the project includes essential site preparation and infrastructure services.
Accent Housing has awarded a substantial £3.14m planned maintenance works contract to Ian Williams, spanning 36 months. Covering multiple UK regions—including the North East, Yorkshire, East Midlands, and Greater London—this wide-reaching call-off agreement focuses on external and internal communal area improvements such as fencing, flooring, and decoration. Grwp Cynefin entrusted John Dixon Building Contractor with demolition and rebuild works at 1 Ffordd Llanberis, Caernarfon. This 5-month project in Wales marks another step in modernising social housing stock through complete site redevelopment.
Folkestone & Hythe District Council has signed Highview Group to a £2.8m pitched roofing and associated works contract. Scheduled from April 2025 for 22 months, the South East project encompasses roof renewal, insulation upgrades, scaffold provision, and solar panel reintegration. Acis Group Ltd. has awarded Innercity Roofing (Yorkshire) a £400k roofing, rainwater, and repair contract under the EN:Procure Framework. Covering Yorkshire and the East Midlands, the 12-month term supports ongoing property maintenance through measured term delivery and scalable access provision.