BHTA members involved in aids, adaptations, and accessible housing works are encouraged to review a new tender opportunity from Bury Council for its Housing Repairs and Maintenance Framework.
Bury Council is seeking to establish a framework to support the management and upkeep of approximately 8,500 residential properties. The framework is designed to provide responsive, planned, cyclical, and capital works that help keep council housing safe, compliant, and maintained to a high standard for tenants.
The framework is structured into Lot 1, covering general building works, and Lot 2, which is divided into specialist service sub-lots. Lot 2a covers aids and adaptations, with Bury Council intending to appoint two contractors per specialist sub-lot.
The contract will be delivered in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, in Greater Manchester.
The relevant scope for BHTA members is Lot 2a, which covers aids and adaptations as part of the council’s specialist services contractor provision.
Appointed suppliers will be eligible to receive call-off and/or direct award opportunities during the framework term, with full allocation mechanisms to be set out in the tender documentation.
This tender is suitable for SMEs, as well as larger providers, able to deliver aids and adaptations works within a public sector housing repairs and maintenance environment.
The procurement is being run through a competitive flexible procedure. Suppliers will first complete the Conditions of Participation stage, including a Procurement Specific Questionnaire. Successful suppliers will then be invited to the Invitation to Tender stage, with contract award based on the award criteria set out in the procurement documents.
Submit tenders electronically via ProContract.
Tenders must be submitted by 12pm on 16 July 2026. Questions should be submitted by 11.59pm on 2 July 2026.
Access the full tender documentation, including specifications and terms, through the portal link above.
Enquiries can be sent to corporateprocurement@bury.gov.uk.
BHTA members involved in home adaptations and accessibility solutions are encouraged to review this tender opportunity from Islington Council for specialist adaptations, installations, and repair works for residents with vulnerabilities and disabilities.
The council manages around 35,000 tenanted homes across the borough and is seeking to appoint two contractors to help deliver adaptations that support independent living and enable carers to provide support safely in the home.
Islington Council is procuring a contract for specialist adaptations, including installations and repairs, following assessments by its Occupational Therapy Team and surveys carried out by its Adaptations Team. Works will then be allocated to the appointed contractors for delivery.
The contract covers homes across Islington in London.
This is an open procedure under the Procurement Act 2023. The contract is not divided into lots; instead, two contractors will be appointed and work is expected to be issued evenly on an alternating basis between them.
The procurement documents state that works will be instructed following occupational therapy referrals and surveys by the council’s Adaptations Team, with scale drawings provided where required.
Evaluation weighting: Quality 60 percent; cost 40 percent.
Suppliers can apply for this tender electronically via the London Tenders Portal.
Tenders must be submitted by 12pm on 1 April 2026. Questions should be submitted by 11:59am on 25 March 2026.
After registering on the portal, suppliers should express interest via this link in 2425-0661 – Specialist Adaptations including Installations and Repairs for Residents with Vulnerabilities and Disabilities Contracts to access the procurement documents.
Enquiries: procurement@islington.gov.uk