{"id":885710,"date":"2026-01-17T17:18:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T23:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/17\/southern-housing-appoints-contractors-for-20-year-capital-works-programme\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T17:18:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T23:18:06","slug":"southern-housing-appoints-contractors-for-20-year-capital-works-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/17\/southern-housing-appoints-contractors-for-20-year-capital-works-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"Southern Housing appoints contractors for 20-year capital works programme"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Southern Housing has selected 10 contractors to deliver \u00a32.38bn worth of retrofit and fire safety improvement works across London and the South East over the next 20 years.<\/p>\n

The long-term programme has been split into 10 geographical lots covering both internal and external refurbishment works until 2046.<\/p>\n

Six of the lots focus on kitchen and bathroom replacements, while the remaining four cover windows, roofs, and non-fire door upgrades.<\/p>\n

Amber Construction Services secured the largest single contract, a \u00a3311.9m VAT-inclusive deal to deliver internal refurbishments in London North and Essex.<\/p>\n

The firm also picked up a \u00a3239.6m contract for similar work in East Sussex.<\/p>\n

Axis Europe was awarded two contracts: a \u00a3239.6m deal for internals in London South East, and a \u00a3246.2m package for external upgrades in London South.<\/p>\n

Highview Group won both external contracts for London North and Kent, valued at \u00a3147.7m and \u00a3180.6m respectively.<\/p>\n

Chas Berger Limited took the \u00a3262.6m external works lot for Sussex.<\/p>\n

HLS McConnell Limited picked up two internal packages in Kent and London South West, worth \u00a3259.3m and \u00a3206.8m respectively.<\/p>\n

Architectural Decorators Limited secured a \u00a3282.3m contract for internal works in West Sussex.<\/p>\n

Tendering was competitive, with over 150 bids received across the lots.<\/p>\n

Notable unsuccessful bidders included Kier, Morgan Sindall, Vinci and Wates.<\/p>\n

The 10 contracts are worth a combined \u00a31.99bn excluding VAT.<\/p>\n

They will run from April 2026 to April 2036, with potential extensions to 2046 subject to performance and market testing.<\/p>\n

For all lots, Southern Housing said it has adopted the NHF Form of Contract 2023. This is a\u00a0specialist contract for repair and maintenance work in the social housing sector.<\/p>\n

Each contract includes the option for additional works, including fire safety upgrades and non-Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund retrofit measures.<\/p>\n

Contractors are required to take on legal duties as both principal contractor and principal designer under the Building Safety Act and CDM regulations.<\/p>\n

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Framework lots:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Lot and region<\/strong><\/td>\nContractor<\/strong><\/td>\nContract value (inc VAT)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1 (London North \u2013 External)<\/td>\nHighview Group<\/td>\n\u00a3147.7m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2 (London South \u2013 External)<\/td>\nAxis Europe<\/td>\n\u00a3246.2m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3 (Sussex \u2013 External)<\/td>\nChas Berger<\/td>\n\u00a3262.6m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4 (Kent \u2013 External)<\/td>\nHighview Group<\/td>\n\u00a3180.6m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5 (London North & Essex \u2013 Internal)<\/td>\nAmber Construction Services<\/td>\n\u00a3311.9m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6 (London South West \u2013 Internal)<\/td>\nHLS McConnell<\/td>\n\u00a3206.8m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7 (London South East \u2013 Internal)<\/td>\nAxis Europe<\/td>\n\u00a3239.6m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8 (West Sussex \u2013 Internal)<\/td>\nArchitectural Decorators<\/td>\n\u00a3282.3m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9 (East Sussex \u2013 Internal)<\/td>\nAmber Construction Services<\/td>\n\u00a3239.6m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10 (Kent & Medway \u2013 Internal)<\/td>\nHLS McConnell<\/td>\n\u00a3259.3m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Source: Gov.uk Find a Tender<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\n Ben Vogel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Southern Housing has selected 10 contractors to deliver \u00a32.38bn worth of retrofit and fire safety improvement works across London and the South East over the next 20 years. The long-term programme has been split into 10 geographical lots covering both internal and external refurbishment works until 2046. Six of the lots focus on kitchen and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":885711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22731,4917],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-885710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-housing","category-southern"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=885710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/885711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=885710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=885710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=885710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}