Contract Tenders: 22/08/2025
Growth and renewal drive today’s UK social housing pipeline, with flagship regeneration, high-value frameworks and practical compliance contracts signalling busy order books for 2025–26.
Setting the pace, the Chelmer Waterside Residential Development Scheme from Chelmsford City Council is a £250m, 71-month procurement opportunity to deliver a residential-led mixed-use scheme of 770–1,000 homes with 35% affordable housing, plus demolition, land remediation of a former gasworks, estate management and strong social-value skills and training commitments—an anchor regeneration contract with phased delivery and commercial/Leisure uses woven into the masterplan.
Building momentum, Ashfield District Council issues a pipeline PIN – Fairhaven and Southwell Lane Housing Developments, a £23m, 12-month programme for housing development across the two sites—early engagement for contractors positioned for design, infrastructure, roads, drainage and build-out of new homes.
Innovation in accessibility arrives via Northern Housing Consortium Ltd.’s PIN – Stairlifts and Lifting Equipment Framework 2026, a UK-wide, 48-month, £100m framework covering design, supply, installation, servicing and maintenance of stairlifts, hoists, through-floor and platform lifts—supplier engagement sessions precede the formal framework launch.
Disruption on the horizon, PfH – Procurement for Housing trails SHED 5 – Social Housing Emerging Disrupters Framework, a UK-wide, 36-month, £100m framework to bring innovative goods, works and services to the housing market—an agility-focused route to market for novel retrofit, compliance, asset management and tenant-service solutions.
Inside homes, Aberdeen City Council publishes Housing Capital Projects – Internal Works to Houses 2026–2030, a £30m, 24-month multi-supplier framework (with extension options) covering kitchens, bathrooms, electrical installations, joinery, floor coverings, decoration and associated making-good across housing stock—call-offs, performance KPIs and community-benefit outcomes central to the contract.
Keeping flows moving, Ashford Borough Council’s Responsive Drainage Services and Works is a 36-month, £875k contract for responsive repairs to foul and surface-water systems across varied dwelling types—on-call drainage maintenance and remedial works to protect housing stock.
Safety and assurance take centre stage with Cornwall Council’s Provision of Security Services to Designated Accommodation Sites, a 36-month contract valued at about £4.09m (with potential extension), delivering SIA-licensed static and mobile patrols, incident response and emergency management across supported accommodation under the Light Touch Regime—compliance, safeguarding and community safety embedded.
Curb-side care, ClwydAlyn Housing Limited announces a PIN – Grounds Maintenance Services, a Wales-wide DPS over 24 months worth £1.2m across four lots—grass cutting, hedge works, weed control and hard-landscape maintenance to sustain estate upkeep and resident satisfaction.
Estate resilience planning continues as Leicester City Council signals Hard FM – Repairs and Maintenance Framework (PAN3312), a 44-month pre-market engagement (not a call for competition) to scope a future framework for repairs, planned preventative maintenance, installations and compliance across the council estate—suppliers invited to shape specification, asset-management strategy and procurement approach.
Community homes taking shape, Aster Group’s Design & Build at South Molton CLT is a £12m, 20-month contract to deliver 40 homes for social rent—full design and construction including utilities, adoptable roads, off-site drainage connections, air/ground-source heat pumps, EV charging, radon mitigation and high-quality public open space.
Modern methods in the spotlight, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council runs a PME – Duck Lane Modular Building Development, a £2m, 12-month scheme for 12 two-bed apartments—off-site modular or panelised solutions targeting Passivhaus principles, with external works, cycle/bin stores and parking included ahead of a future competitive procurement.