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BHTA members involved in home adaptations and accessibility works may be interested in a £3.9 million framework from Stoke-on-Trent City Council, which is seeking up to three contractors to deliver alterations at council-owned properties.
The framework covers level access showers, bathroom and kitchen adaptations, door widening, handrail installation, and ramped access. The works will be delivered under a JCT 2024 Measured Term Contract.
The procurement is being conducted as a below-threshold open competition.
This tender is suitable for home adaptation contractors able to deliver accessibility alterations within occupied or council-owned residential properties.
The notice states that bids will be assessed using a below-threshold evaluation. Further details of the award criteria are available in the tender documents.
Tender documents and submission instructions are available through the ProContract tendering portal.
Tenders must be submitted electronically by 12pm on 17 July 2026.
Enquiries can be directed to Faye Smith at faye.smith@stoke.gov.uk.
BHTA members involved in home adaptations, accessibility solutions, and independent living services are encouraged to review a new framework opportunity from Cardiff Council.
Cardiff Council’s Independent Living Services division delivers adaptations through its disabled facilities service. The framework will support works approved through mandatory Disabled Facilities Assistance or discretionary assistance, helping residents to remain safe and independent at home.
Cardiff Council is seeking to appoint up to four contractors to a framework for general building adaptation works across Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan. Properties will vary in age, condition, and access requirements.
The framework covers general building works linked to domestic adaptations, including modifications that support specialist equipment installation, improve accessibility, and help prevent slips, trips, and falls in and around the home.
The council’s Agency Service works with health professionals, including the Community Occupational Therapy Service, to ensure service users’ assessed needs are met. Contractors will be expected to provide the materials and labour needed to deliver works in line with the contract documents.
The procurement is being run as a competitive flexible procedure, using a two-stage process covering a Pre-Qualification Questionnaire and Invitation to Tender. A maximum of eight suppliers will be invited to tender.
The evaluation weighting is quality 50 percent, cost 40 percent, and community well-being benefits 10 percent.
Requests to participate must be submitted electronically through the Proactis portal, using reference ERFX1008881.
The deadline for enquiries is 12pm on 28 July 2026. The deadline for requests to participate is 12pm on 4 August 2026.
The estimated award decision date is 14 September 2026.
Enquiries can be sent to EnvironmentProcurement@cardiff.gov.uk.
BHTA members involved in home adaptations, stairlifts, access solutions, lifts, and modular ramping are encouraged to review a new tender opportunity from Newport City Council for a private sector housing adaptations framework.
The framework will create an approved list of contractors to deliver works for individual, privately owned, and occupied domestic dwellings. The contract is intended to support adaptations and accessibility improvements across Monmouthshire and Newport.
This is an open procedure under the Procurement Act 2023. Newport City Council will establish a framework, described as an approved list of contractors, from which it will invite tenders for individual contracts of work.
Mini-competitions will be carried out through eTenderWales. Appointed suppliers for the relevant lot will automatically be invited to tender for applicable schemes.
The BHTA-relevant scope includes the supply, fitting, repair, and associated works for stairlifts, platform lifts, through-floor lifts, and external modular ramping in occupied domestic properties.
Works may include straight and curved internal stairlifts, straight and curved external stairlifts, external platform lifts, through-floor lifts, stock straight stairlifts, lift repairs, replacement batteries, and modular ramping to provide wheelchair access to domestic properties.
The framework is divided into 12 lots overall. The lots relevant to BHTA members are Lots 3 to 9.
Other lots cover general building works, plumbing and heating, asbestos surveys, architectural services, and structural engineering services. Suppliers may bid for a maximum of five lots and may be awarded a maximum of five lots.
This tender is suitable for SMEs, VCSEs, and larger providers able to deliver domestic adaptation works, accessibility products, stairlifts, lifting solutions, repair services, modular ramping, and associated building or professional services.
The evaluation information below relates only to the lots relevant to BHTA members.
For Lots 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9, suppliers will be assessed through technical questions, with a maximum technical score of 600. Lot-specific appointment numbers vary, with the highest-ranked suppliers appointed to the relevant lot and additional suppliers added to reserve lists.
For Lot 7, suppliers will be assessed through technical questions, with a maximum technical score of 600. The two highest-ranked suppliers will proceed to the commercial stage, where the lowest offer for lifecycle costs, covering installation, removal, and storage for one year, will determine the appointed supplier. The second supplier will be added to the reserve list.
Full award criteria and lot-specific appointment rules are set out in the tender documents.
Submit tenders electronically through eTenderWales.
Tenders must be submitted by 12pm on 21 July 2026. Questions should be submitted by 4pm on 14 July 2026.
Access the full tender documentation, including specifications and terms, through the portal link above.
Enquiries should be sent to joanneclaire.james@newport.gov.uk.
BHTA members involved in home adaptations, access solutions, bathroom adaptations, and independent living equipment are encouraged to review a new tender opportunity from the London Borough of Southwark.
The council is seeking separate contractors to deliver housing aids and adaptations across its housing stock. The contract is intended to support adaptations that help residents live more safely and independently at home.
The London Borough of Southwark intends to appoint contractors for three call-off contracts covering the north, middle, and south of the borough. This is a restricted procedure. The procurement is for works and will cover a range of housing aids and adaptations within council properties.
The works may include the installation of level access showers, wet rooms, thermostatic mixer taps, over-bath showers, and lever taps. The contract may also cover window, flooring, and door alterations, as well as concrete and portable ramps, half steps, galvanised rails, mop stick rails, kitchens, and specialist toilets.
This tender is suitable for contractors able to deliver housing adaptation works, bathroom adaptations, access improvements, and associated building completion or refurbishment works in council-owned housing.
Tenders must be submitted electronically via the London Construction Programme dynamic purchasing systems by 6 July 2026.
Access the full tender documentation, including specifications and terms, through the portal link above. Full award criteria are stated in the procurement documents.
For enquiries, email lcp@haringey.gov.uk.
BHTA members involved in home adaptations, access solutions, and independent living support are encouraged to review a new tender opportunity from Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council for the design, manufacture, and installation of modular ramps and associated services.
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council administers Disabled Facilities Grant adaptations for privately owned, housing association, and privately rented properties in Barnsley.
The council is seeking a provider through a below-threshold open competition to design, manufacture, and install modular ramped access solutions, including associated works such as low-level threshold doors. The Disabled Facilities Grant team processes around 30 modular ramped access installations each year, with anticipated annual expenditure of approximately £100,000.
Ramped access referrals come from the council’s Occupational Therapy Team, which medically assesses a person’s requirements for level access to and from a property. Where a modular ramped access solution is deemed to meet the person’s current and long-term needs, a recommendation is made to the DFG Team to process a Disabled Facilities Grant to fund all or part of the costs of the installation.
This tender is suitable for modular ramp suppliers, access solution providers, and home adaptation contractors able to deliver design, manufacture, installation, and associated works for Disabled Facilities Grant-funded adaptations.
The evaluation weighting is quality 50 percent, pricing 45 percent, and social value 5 percent, with the Procurement Specific Questionnaire assessed on a pass/fail basis.
Tenders must be submitted electronically via EU Supply
Tenders must be submitted by 12pm on 10 June 2026. Questions should be submitted by 11.55pm on 3 June 2026.
Full tender documentation, including specifications and terms, is available through the portal link above.
Enquiries: procurement@barnsley.gov.uk