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Tender opportunity: Community Housing seeks home adaptation suppliers

Tender opportunity: Community Housing seeks home adaptation suppliers

BHTA members involved in home adaptations, accessibility products, and related installation services are encouraged to review this new tender opportunity from Community Housing for equipment and adaptations works delivered through Disabled Facilities Grants (DFG) and other assessed needs.

Community Housing is establishing a multi-supplier planned works framework that can also be accessed by other authorised users, including social housing providers, NHS bodies, educational establishments, and other contracting authorities across the UK.

For BHTA members, the most relevant opportunity is Lot 16, covering aids, adaptations, and associated housing works designed to improve accessibility, safety, and independence at home.

Tender overview

  • Reference: 1362
  • Lot 16 value: £20,000,000 excluding VAT
  • Lot 16 duration: 21 August 2026 to 20 August 2030

This is an open procedure tender published under the Procurement Act 2023, and Community Housing expects to award the framework on 31 July 2026. Call-off contracts under the framework may be awarded either with or without further competition, depending on the nature, value, and complexity of the requirement.

Lot 16 covers aids, adaptations, and associated works in residential properties, including projects delivered through DFG and other assessed needs. This includes the installation of equipment, joinery and carpentry works, ironmongery, and related property adaptations in residential settings.

Community Housing states that the works are intended to improve accessibility, safety, and independence for residents with additional needs, while supporting timely delivery and minimising disruption to occupants.

Eligibility

This tender is suitable for SMEs, as well as other qualified suppliers able to deliver home adaptation works, equipment installation, and associated accessibility-related services in residential properties. Legal, financial, and technical conditions of participation are outlined in the procurement documents.

Evaluation

The evaluation weighting is 60 percent for quality and 40 percent for price.

How to apply

Submit tenders electronically via EU Supply portal.

Tenders must be submitted by 12pm on 3 June 2026. Questions should be submitted by 12am on 25 May 2026.

Access the full tender documentation, including specifications and framework terms, through the portal link above.

Enquiries can be directed to Oli Turnbull at oli@echelonconsultancy.co.uk.

Tender opportunity: Wolverhampton City Council seeks home adaptation contractors

Tender opportunity: Wolverhampton City Council seeks home adaptation contractors

BHTA members involved in home adaptations, accessible bathrooms, ramps, and housing accessibility works may wish to review this tender opportunity from Wolverhampton City Council.

Wolverhampton City Council, with Wolverhampton Homes, is seeking suitably experienced contractors to support disabled residents to live more independently and safely at home.

Tender overview

This tender covers Disabled Facilities Grant-funded works to domestic properties across Wolverhampton. The requirement includes the full range of services under the contract, including internal adaptations, bathroom and level access shower works, internal reconfigurations, driveways and dropped kerbs, modular and fixed ramps, minor works, major Disabled Facilities Grant works and extensions, and other associated housing-related works as instructed by the council.

Key details

  • Reference: CWC25182
  • Value: £19,408,000 excluding VAT
  • Duration: 1 June 2026 to 31 May 2028, with the option to extend to 31 May 2030 through two 12-month extensions

Contract details

The tender is being run as an open procedure under the Procurement Act 2023. The council intends to award one contractor per lot, and the maximum number of lots a supplier can be awarded is one.

The contract is split into three geographic lots aligned to Home Improvement Agency operating areas and social care boundaries. Lot 1 covers the East HIA area, Lot 2 covers the West HIA area, and Lot 3 covers the North HIA area. Each lot covers the same specification, with an estimated value of £6,469,333.33 excluding VAT for Lots 1 and 2, and £6,469,333.34 excluding VAT for Lot 3.

This tender is suitable for SMEs and other experienced contractors able to deliver accessible bathroom, building alteration, plumbing, electrical, and external access works in domestic settings.

Evaluation

Evaluation weighting: Commercial price 50 percent, quality 40 percent, and social value 10 percent.

How to apply

Suppliers can apply for this tender electronically via the Wolverhampton Tenders portal.

Tenders must be submitted by 12pm on 8 April 2026. Questions should be submitted by 12pm on 30 March 2026.

Access the full tender documentation through the portal link above.

Enquiries: corporate.procurement@wolverhampton.gov.uk