Government seeks contractor for £50m Grenfell Tower site maintenance and future works
25/5/23
The housing department is looking for a contractor to maintain and complete any future works on the Grenfell Tower site
The DLUHC is looking for a new Grenfell Tower maintenance contractor as part of its procurement pipeline #UKhousing
The contract is one of several related to the housing sector under the procurement pipeline the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) published at the start of this month.
The DLUHC is looking for a principal contractor for the site to deliver "ongoing maintenance of the tower and any future works that are identified".
The £50m contract is expected to start in March 2024.
The fire at Grenfell Tower killed 72 people after it ripped through the building in June 2017.
Elsewhere in the department's procurement plans is a £35m re-tender to deliver the English Housing Survey from 2026-27 onwards.
It is also looking for a partner to deliver its homelessness and rough-sleeping research programme, at an estimated contract value of just over £14m.
This will require "a systems-wide homelessness and rough-sleeping evaluation, and test and learn programme, to improve our understanding of homelessness and rough sleeping and [our] ability to bring forward the most effective interventions"
The DLUHC is also seeking a contractor to deliver a beta version of the private-rent property portal for £1.6m.
This will be a new database of all privately rented properties in England and function as an information source for those letting and renting.
The portal will clarify a private landlord's letting responsibilities, checking the compliance of privately rented properties.
The DLUHC was asked to comment on its anticipated procurement pipeline.
Source; Inside Housing