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BHTA members supplying and installing home adaptation equipment are encouraged to review a new tender opportunity from Cambridge City Council.
The contract will support Cambridgeshire Home Improvement Agency in delivering fixed equipment installations, generally funded through Disabled Facilities Grants, across Cambridge, South Cambridgeshire, and Huntingdonshire.
The contract is divided into seven lots. The council expects to appoint up to four suppliers per lot, and suppliers may bid for any combination of lots.
Installations will be commissioned individually through purchase orders rather than as batches of planned work. Contractors will generally assess properties following contact from an occupational therapist or trusted assessor, agree the client’s requirements, and provide a quotation. Most work will go to the highest-ranked contractor for each lot, with other appointed contractors used when required because of equipment availability, demand, or performance.
Indicative annual demand comprises approximately 40 ramp installations, 44 lift installations, 30 ceiling-track hoists, 25 automated entry systems, and 33 specialist toilets, although volumes may vary. Around two-thirds of the agency’s work is currently in Huntingdonshire, with the remainder divided between Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire.
Contractors will work to fixed prices submitted separately for the three council areas and must meet the specified lead-in and completion times. The substantive work must be delivered through direct labour; subcontracting must be declared and will generally be limited to ancillary services, such as electrical sign-off.
This tender is suitable for SMEs able to supply and install one or more of the specified home adaptation equipment categories.
Tenders will be evaluated on quality at 60 percent and price at 40 percent.
Access the tender documents and submission instructions through the ProContract portal.
The tender submission deadline is 12pm on 28 August 2026. Questions must be submitted by 6pm on 21 August 2026.
For enquiries, email procurement@cambridge.gov.uk.
BHTA members involved in home adaptations, accessibility equipment, stairlifts, through-floor lifts, hoists, and related installation services are encouraged to review a new framework opportunity from City of Doncaster Council.
The council is seeking to establish an open framework to support delivery of Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) housing adaptations, alongside existing adaptations delivered for St Leger Homes of Doncaster. The framework will cover works across Barnsley, Doncaster, and Rotherham.
City of Doncaster Council is looking to appoint multiple contractors across a housing adaptations framework. There is no limit on the number of contractors that can be appointed to each lot, and suppliers may apply for one or more lots.
The framework is divided into nine lots overall. The relevant lots for BHTA members are listed below.
The works are intended to improve accessibility, safety, independence, and usability for residents, including people returning home from hospital or requiring adaptations to support care at home.
Relevant lots include:
Once the first framework is established, a new framework is expected to open annually, enabling new contractors to apply. Existing contractors may be able to passport onto a new framework if their documentation remains up to date.
Admission to the framework does not guarantee any minimum or maximum volume or value of work. Contractors admitted to the framework will need to complete City of Doncaster Council’s quality assurance process before taking part in mini competitions or receiving direct call-offs.
Call-offs may be made with or without competition. Mini competitions are expected to be the main route, although direct awards may also be made using a taxi-rank system.
This tender is suitable for SMEs, as well as larger providers, able to deliver housing adaptations, accessibility equipment, lifts, hoists, and related installation, maintenance, and support services.
The evaluation weighting is quality questions 80 percent and pricing schedule 20 percent.
Applications must be submitted electronically via YORtender.
The deadline for both enquiries and submissions is 12pm on 23 July 2026.
Enquiries can be sent to City of Doncaster Council’s strategic procurement team at strategicprocurementteam@doncaster.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.