Official UK procurement notice
Rural Housing Association Appointment of Measured Term Maintenance Contractor
Authority: Rural Housing Association (Housing)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionural Housing Association (RHA) was established in 1992 as one means of implementing the Housing Executive's pioneering and innovative Rural Housing policy statement "The Way Ahead". RHA works throughout Northern Ireland and has a particular focus on rural areas with populations of less than 5000. RHA has a housing stock of 617 dwellings (as at February 2026) located across all District Council areas (excluding Belfast); and the average scheme size is just under seven dwellings. RHA is responsible for the repairs and maintenance of housing stock occupied by its tenants and wishes to appoint a supplier who can provide 24/7 repairs, voids, aids and adaptions, compliance and planned maintenance works. The appointed supplier will be required to address out of hours emergencies and standard repairs (urgent/routine) covering structural issues, heating and plumbing (as more particularly described in the specification, a copy of which can be found within the procurement documents). The initial contract term will be 3 years, with options for RHA to extend the contract for a further two years (i.e. 3+1+1)
CPV: Construction work · Real estate services · Repair and maintenance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£6,250,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (9)
- Resourcing: 5%
- Delivery Methodology: 10%
- Customer Care: 10%
- Mobilisation: 5%
- Information Technology: 10%
- Compliance/H&S: 10%
- Collaborative Working: 5%
- Price: 40%
- Social Value: 5%
Published award criteria (9)
- Price
- Resourcing
- Delivery Methodology
- Customer Care
- Social Value
- Mobilisation
- Information Technology
- Compliance/H&S
- Collaborative Working
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 11 Mar 2026, 15:07 GMT
- Last source update
- 8 Sept 2026, 12:23 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 27 Apr 2026
- Authority reference
RHA_MTC- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-021872- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-066769Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 10 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 3 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
11 Mar 2026 → 8 Sept 2026 · 6 dates- Tender notice published223 days ago11 Mar 2026, 15:07 GMT
- Clarification questions by200 days ago3 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline193 days ago10 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by175 days ago27 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts159 days ago14 May 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published42 days ago8 Sept 2026, 12:23 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Mar 2026- Tender notice published11 Mar 2026, 15:07 GMTUK4
- Contract details notice published8 Sept 2026, 12:23 BSTUK7
- Status changed to complete8 Sept 2026, 12:23 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| NICOR CONSTRUCTIONSME | £5,812,541 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Rural Housing Association Appointment of Measured Term Maintenance Contractor · NICOR CONSTRUCTIONSME
- Signed
- 10 Aug 2026
- Value
- £5,812,541
- Period
- 11 Aug 2026 – 10 Aug 2029 · up to 10 Aug 2031 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- The initial contract term will be 3 years, with options for RHA to extend the contract for a further two years (i.e. 3+1+1).
3 agreed KPIs: Tenant Satisfaction · Response Maintenance Completed In Time · Voids Completed in Time
- Tenant Satisfaction, How satisfied the Tenant was with the Works and overall Customer service provided by both the Employer and the Contractor, as assessed from specific data collected from the Tenant
- Response Maintenance Completed In Time, The number of Task Orders for Responsive Maintenance with Task Completion Dates expiring during the Measurement Period that were completed within their Task Completion Dates as a percentage of the total number of Task Orders for Responsive Maintenance with Task Completion Dates expiring during the Measurement Period
- Voids Completed in Time, To determine the percentage of Void Property Works with Task Completion Dates ending during the Measurement Period that were completed in their Task Completion Dates
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Nicor ConstructionAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender