Contract Tenders: 13/05/2025
Explore upcoming UK Social Housing Notices including major contracts for windows, lifts, disrepair works, asbestos removal, fire safety, retrofits, and new residential developments. Key procurement insights for contractors and SMEs across 2025.
Citizen Housing leads a flurry of recurring procurement activity with multiple pipeline notices covering key service areas. A £4m, 60-month contract is planned for the supply and installation of windows and doors, complemented by a £2.5m soffits, fascia, and bargeboard renewal programme. Also anticipated is a £5m skips and waste management framework, a £2.6m asbestos removal contract, and a £2.5m lift servicing agreement—all set to run over 60 months. Citizen also flags a major £40m electrical testing and remedial works tender across its property portfolio, signaling long-term investment in compliance and resident safety.
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council continues to strengthen its housing and asset management pipeline, announcing a series of 12- to 60-month contracts. These include a £4m energy efficiency retrofit programme under SHDF Wave 3, a £4m minor works framework for general building upgrades, a £4m fire safety works contract for Berneslai Homes, and a £3m commercial gas provision for council-owned properties. Additionally, a £1.95m adaptations contract will deliver bathroom installations and associated improvements to enhance accessibility across its housing stock. Wokingham Borough Council shows no signs of slowing down, with £40m earmarked over 72 months for disrepair and complex repairs and another £22.5m opportunity flagged by Leicestershire County Council via ESPO for stairlifts, steplifts, and ceiling track hoists, aimed at improving independent living support. Southern Housing also joins with its own £40m pipeline notice for electrical testing across a wide regional footprint.
In Wales, a cluster of high-value residential development and refurbishment projects is emerging. Wales & West Housing Association is progressing a £10m redevelopment at the former Cardigan Memorial Hospital, while Taff Housing is planning a £5.6m EPC-A rated residential scheme in Cardiff. Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council prepares to launch its supported living and day centre scheme at Garth Olwg, while Adra (tai) Cyfyngedig invites market feedback on a 24-month drainage services contract across North Wales. Advance Northumberland seeks a contractor for S278 highway works related to a 55-unit housing development in Longhorsley, while Beyond Housing is preparing a repairs and maintenance trades contract. Nottingham City Council’s £1m planned maintenance and reactive repairs tender for fire and intruder alarms rounds out the national landscape of key infrastructure tenders designed to uphold building safety and service continuity across the UK housing sector.