An £800m framework covering houses, flats and care homes has opened
to tender in the North West. Social housing providers and local authorities
are expected to use the framework to issue the works.
The framework, run by Warrington-based Procurement for Housing (PfH),
is divided into three lots. It will run for three years initially and may be
extended for an additional two years dependant on budget and targets.
It will be split into regional areas at first, allowing SMEs and regional
contractors to bid.
The first lot, worth £200m, will cover low-rise housing,
apartments and extra-care housing – homes with care facilities built in.
A second lot is worth £400m and covers medium-rise (over 11 metres)
residential projects including homes, apartments and extra-care homes. It
will also be split into regions.
The £200m third lot covers “a full range of housing solutions”, including
mixed-use developments, and is not split into regions.
PfH expects to name around 60 participants on the framework. They have
said appointed builders should be able to use both traditional and modern
methods of construction to “meet members’ requirements to gain additional
funding through government affordable-housing programmes”.
Interested contractors have until 12pm on 26 April to apply for a spot on the
framework. In November, PfH launched a separated framework worth.