HA awards £70 million ten-year maintenance contract

Published by Max Salsbury for 24dash.com in Housing and also in Communities, Development, Finance

Golding Homes has awarded a £70m ten-year repairs and maintenance contract for its 6,000 properties across Kent to MITIE.

The decade-long deal has the potential to increase to £120m if the housing association issues additional work.

MITIE - a FTSE 250 strategic outsourcing and energy services company - will deliver gas maintenance, responsive repairs, void reinstatements and planned works.

Representatives of Golding Homes residents were actively involved in agreeing the priorities for the contract, assessing tender documents and taking an active role in the procurement process.

Peter Stringer, Golding Homes chief executive, said: "We carefully considered a range of models for providing repairs and maintenance services, based on our customers’ priorities. We concluded that creating a wholly owned subsidiary company as a vehicle for the contract will best help us meet our goals.

“We are confident that selecting MITIE as our partner will bring the professional and innovative approach our customers deserve and we look forward to working closely with them."

Commenting on the contract award, Peter Griffin, director for social housing at MITIE, said: “At MITIE we’re passionate about working with our customers to develop strategic partnerships that can provide long-term investment in both service infrastructure and assets. We’re delighted to be working with Golding Homes and Golding Services to deliver this exciting new contract.”