Planned Maintenance Contract

Buyer
Ipswich Borough Council
Value
£33,700,000
Closes
25 November 2026
Where
Ipswich, the East of England
Type
Open tender

In plain English

Ipswich Borough Council wants contractors to help upgrade, repair and maintain its 8,000 council-owned homes and other properties. The tender is split into six lots, covering scaffolding, roofing, painting and decorating, doors and windows, general building work, and solar panels, with an estimated total value of £33.7 million.

What the buyer wants

• Experienced contractors to carry out planned maintenance and repair work across a large housing stock, under one or more of the six lots • Express interest through the council's procurement portal to receive the full tender documents • Submit clarification questions by Wednesday 11 November 2026 through the portal's correspondence option, and a full bid by Wednesday 25 November 2026 at 11am (late bids are not accepted)

Lots

Likely requirements

Our reading of the notice. Always check the tender documents.

The notice does not give individual lot values or minimum turnover, but a firm with no track record of delivering large planned maintenance programmes for social housing or public bodies will likely struggle to meet the experience test, and specialist lots such as PV and solar panels will need proven installation credentials.

How to bid

This is an open tender: any eligible business can respond directly to the buyer by the deadline, with no framework membership needed.

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