Contract Tenders: 03/10/2025
Explore the latest UK social housing tenders, including Westminster housing repairs, Medway Council services, Scottish upgrades, new-build frameworks, and modular building projects. Opportunities span responsive repairs, fire safety, electrical, heating, cleaning, and grounds maintenance.
The Crescent Purchasing Consortium has released a £9.5bn pre-market engagement for Construction and Capital Works across the UK over 24 months, covering residential new-builds under multiple JCT and NEC4 contract forms. ESPO is establishing a £41.67m Modular Buildings Framework over 24 months including education, healthcare, catering, accommodation, and miscellaneous buildings for hire and purchase.
Westminster City Council has launched a Preliminary Market Engagement for Housing Repairs and Works Contracts valued at £596.2m over 76 months. The council will re-tender eight Term Partnering Contracts covering responsive repairs, voids, major works, mechanical, electrical, domestic heating, lifts, and aids and adaptations across its 22,000-housing stock including high-rise and listed buildings. Contractors will be required to join a Strategic Alliance Agreement based on the FAC-1 Framework, aligning with the council’s long-term housing improvement plans.
In Scotland, Falkirk Council is seeking contractors for Replacement Doors and Windows at Letham Terrace, a £300k contract over 12 weeks, involving timber window installations and door replacements across 21 domestic properties. North Lanarkshire Council has issued a contract for Electrical Upgrade Works from 2025 to 2029 worth £1.8m over 24 months to deliver rewiring, lighting upgrades, and associated electrical services across council and privately owned housing stock.
Medway Council has multiple opportunities for Heating and Ventilation Services valued at £2.8m, Electrical Services at £4.9m, Water Compliance Services at £350k, Fire Safety Services at £3.5m, Lift Maintenance at £700k, Security Services at £2.1m, and Cleaning Services at £8.75m. Each contract runs for three years with options to extend to seven years and is evaluated on both price and quality, ensuring tenant safety and high operational standards.
Swindon Borough Council is appointing a contractor for Fire Alarm Upgrades to 14 Supported and Sheltered Housing Schemes valued at £2.2m over 18 months. The project will deliver fully compliant L1 and LD1 grade A fire alarm systems with remote monitoring capabilities. Aster Group is conducting market engagement for the Grace House Property Safety Maintenance contract worth £882k over 48 months in Northwest London, covering fire safety, water hygiene, and electrical compliance in a high-rise property. Newham London Borough is preparing a three-year contract with an optional two-year extension for the servicing and maintenance of domestic and communal sprinklers across its housing stock.
In Wales, NHS Wales Shared Services is tendering for Residential Block Cooker Hoods at Ysbyty Gwynedd. Swindon Borough Council is also seeking market insight for the Collection and Recycling of Grade C Wood with a potential contract value of £1.125m over 36 months and an optional extension of 24 months.
Beyond Housing Ltd is engaging the market for Grounds Maintenance Services across the North East and Yorkshire for 60 months, covering grass cutting, hedge maintenance, invasive species control, formal and naturalised areas, and site-specific maintenance.
Other notable projects include GreenSquareAccord’s Clent Way Residential New-Build in the West Midlands valued at £2.75m over 18 months, West Dunbartonshire Council’s Alexander Street Public Realm Improvement Project in Scotland at £471k over 18 months, and Hertfordshire County Council’s Supported Living Accommodation PME over 48 months in East Anglia, targeting long-term housing solutions for people with disabilities.
With the assistance of AI