Westminster Housing Repairs and Works Contracts (including repairs, maintenance, voids, domestic heating, mechanical, electrical, lifts and works)

Description

Westminster City Council (the ‘Council’) has a statutory duty to deliver repair and maintenance services to its 22,000-housing stock portfolio, comprising approximately 40% leasehold properties, 60% tenanted homes and 145 High Rise Buildings (HRB) across the Borough. It is also worth noting that 41% of the Council’s housing stock is located within a conservation area, whereas 17% of the buildings are listed properties. Furthermore, the Council delivers major works and planned cyclical construction-based maintenance with the view of continuously improving the physical and social infrastructure of its housing stock. Currently housing repairs, maintenance and works are delivered via eight (8) Term Partnering Contracts (TPC) which were procured in 2017 and 2019 for a period of up to ten (10) years as follows: • Responsive Repairs and Voids • Major Works (2 separate contracts covering North and South of the Borough) • Mechanical • Electrical • Domestic Heating • Lifts • Aids & Adaptations The contracts referenced above are due to expire between June 2027 and January 2028. The Council is intending to re-procure these contracts based on revised scopes as part of an overarching Strategic Alliance Agreement, based on the FAC-1 Framework Alliance Agreement, which all appointed Contractors will be required to sign up to along with the individual Project Contracts. This Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) Notice is supplemental to PME Notice with reference 2025/S000-022847 dated Monday 19th May 2025 (https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022847-2025) for the purpose of inviting interested market suppliers to engage in a more detailed consultation specifically in relation to the TPCs which are due to be re-tendered within 2026 and 2027. Further details on the purpose of this follow-up market consultation can be found below. For information purposes, in addition to the aforementioned TPCs, the Council will be seeking to procure as part of a wider Housing Improvement Programme the following: • Establishment of a Planned Preventative Works Framework • Specialist repair and maintenance contracts, including but not limited to minor works, roofing, damp and mould, plumbing and drainage • Various Health & Safety Compliance contracts, and • Establishment of a Professional Services Framework Further preliminary market engagements may be undertaken pursuant to this Notice, however these will primarily be focused on individual service requirements as and when specific pre-procurement activities for each of these contracts are planned to commence. The estimated value per TPC contract over the intended contract term (including any possible extensions) can be found below: • Responsive Repairs and Voids - £250,000,000 for an initial term of 5 years + 3 + 2 years extensions (estimated contract start date: 31/08/2027) • Major Works - £250,000,000 for an initial term of 5 years + 3 + 2 years extensions (estimated contract start date: 09/01/2028) • Mechanical - £35,000,000 for an initial term of 3 years + 1 + 1 years extensions (estimated contract start date: 01/07/2027) • Electrical - £21,500,000 for an initial term of 3 years + 1 + 1 years extensions (estimated contract start date: 01/07/2027) • Domestic Heating - £11,500,000 for an initial term of 3 years + 1 + 1 years extensions (estimated contract start date: 01/07/2027) • Lifts - £12,200,000 for an initial term of 3 years + 1 + 1 years extensions (estimated contract start date: 01/07/2027) • Aids & Adaptations - £16,000,000 for an initial term of 3 years + 1 + 1 years extensions (estimated contract start date: 16/09/2026) The total estimated value across all TPC contracts to be re-tendered is stated in this Notice. All estimated contract values stated in this Notice are indicative only and will be finalised prior to any Tender Notice being published.