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Response Maintenance (South Belfast, East Belfast, South West & South Down)

Northern Ireland Housing Executive · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 3 Oct 2026, 13:18.

Opportunity overview

This competition will involve 4 lots: South Belfast East Belfast South West South Down Historically, South & East Belfast were delivered as a single contract covering approximately 10,000 units. This area will be segmented into two distinct Lots in this Competition. The lot contracts will deliver responsive maintenance, emergency repairs, void property works, civil engineering, asbestos services, fire safety works, and associated inspections across the Contracting Authority's properties within the relevant region. The Suppliers will provide a 24/7/365 responsive repairs service, undertake technical and compliance inspections, manage multi‑trade repair tasks, and support statutory landlord obligations. Services include working in occupied and unoccupied homes, communal areas, and Contracting Authority-owned land and buildings. The Suppliers must meet extensive requirements in health and safety, customer care, IT integration, appointments, reporting, social value, environmental sustainability, and performance management, and must collaborate with the Contracting Authority. No minimum volume of work is guaranteed. In accordance with the Procurement Policy Note 01/21 - Social Value in Procurement, this Contract will deliver measurable social value outcomes. Under this Procurement Suppliers will be required to support the Contracting Authority's social value objectives. Accordingly, Contract performance conditions and Award Criteria may relate, in particular, to social value. Information relating to the Pre-Tender Estimate will be provided within the Tender Notice and associated tender documents. It is expected that the following changes may be made to the associated tender documents: - Updated specification(s) - Revised Schedule of Rates from v6.3 (2007) to v8 (2022) - KPI Targets adjusted from 90-95% range to 85-90% - MAP adjusted from 80-90% range to 80-85% - Performance damages expected to be assessed on a quarterly average rather than a monthly basis - Inclusion of mechanism(s) for ongoing collaboration and joint improvement planning - 5-year flat contract term Full details of the Scope and any associated changes will be set out in the associated tender documents. The content of this notice is indicative only and subject to change with or without notice. Please note that the contract start and end dates shown herein relate solely to the South West Lot. These fields were mandatory, and the system did not allow entry of the corresponding dates for the remaining Lots. The contract start and ends dates for all Lots are, however, provided within the Planned Procurement Notice and will be provided in the ITT.

Classification

  • CPV45000000 — Construction work
  • CPV50000000 — Repair and maintenance services
  • CPV71315000 — Building services
  • CPV71600000 — Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services
  • CPV90650000 — Asbestos removal services

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
P1144
Main Procurement Category
works
Above Threshold
Yes
Status
planned

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Communication

Future Notice Date
1 Apr 2026, 23:59

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
planned

Suitability

Sme
Yes

Contract period

Starts
1 Jul 2026, 00:00
Ends
30 Jun 2031, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
45000000
Description
Construction work
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
50000000
Description
Repair and maintenance services
Entry 3
Scheme
CPV
Id
71315000
Description
Building services
Entry 4
Scheme
CPV
Id
71600000
Description
Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services
Entry 5
Scheme
CPV
Id
90650000
Description
Asbestos removal services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKN
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Planning and budget

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Description
The Housing Executive intends to host a virtual Meet the Buyer event in advance of publishing the Tender Notice for this opportunity. The purpose of this event is to update interested suppliers on the refinements made to the associated tender documents, reflecting some feedback and insights gathered through market engagement undertaken in recent years in relation to the Response Maintenance service in general. The Meet the Buyer event will be held via Microsoft Teams and will commence at 11:00am until 12noon on Tuesday, 31 March 2026. Suppliers wishing to attend must register their interest no later than 12:00 noon on Monday, 30 March 2026 by emailing cprocurement@nihe.gov.uk addressing your email to Martin McLaughlin or Christopher Brown. Expressions of interest should include the name, job role, and email address of each individual who plans to attend. A Microsoft Teams link will be issued to the nominated point of contact following registration. The Housing Executive also intends to publish the presentation slides from the event on its website in due course. n.b. The Housing Executive intends to undertake a comprehensive review of its response maintenance requirement during this contract. It is therefore intended that the contract will facilitate opportunities to apply continuous improvement that may arise from the review over the contract period.
Due
31 Mar 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Documents

Entry 1
Id
026870-2026
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Published
24 Mar 2026, 14:35
Format
text/html

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Northern Ireland Housing Executive
Id
GB-PPON-PTYV-8666-PQQY

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PTYV-8666-PQQY

Address

Street Address
Housing Centre, 2 Adelaide Street
Locality
Belfast
Postal Code
BT2 8PB
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKN06

Contact

Name
Christopher Brown

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - central government
Entry 2
Scheme
UK_CA_DEVOLVED_REGULATIONS
Id
GB-NIR
Description
Northern Irish devolved regulations apply

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Belfast · UKN06 · BT2 8PB · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKN · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

2 VERSIONS
  1. 023233-2026Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 026870-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·