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Latest SHED framework value jumps to £500m as sector demand increases
A total of 27 suppliers have been appointed to the latest iteration of the Social Housing Emerging Disruptors (SHED) framework, which is worth £500m over three years.
Latest SHED framework value jumps to £500m as sector demand increases #UKhousingA total of 27 suppliers have been appointed to the latest iteration of the Social Housing Emerging Disruptors framework, which is worth £500m over three years #UKhousingThis is the largest cohort of suppliers since the framework began in 2022, and the value has increased from £100m under the previous version in response to increased demand from councils and housing associations.
SHED was set up to provide social landlords with procurement solutions from small suppliers offering emerging technologies that are not easily sourced through traditional routes.
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Examples of technologies offered by this year’s cohort include modular housing panels made from recycled glass, a self-testing fire door that monitors its own compliance and a long-term anti-mould coating system.
Procurement for Housing (PfH) worked with the Disruptive Innovators Network to identify 27 early-stage tech firms for this fifth generation of the framework.
According to PfH, the value of contracts awarded under SHED quadrupled in 2025 compared with 2024, and more social landlords than ever are now using the framework.
The framework aims to offer a “simplified, SME-friendly bidding process and a compliant way of social landlords testing and adopting new solutions”, PfH said.
Neil Butters, operations director at PfH, said: “SHED was created to address a practical problem – housing providers needed access to emerging tech solutions, and smaller suppliers needed a route into a highly regulated market. Five generations on, the data shows that this model works.
“We are seeing more social landlords than ever using SHED to procure innovation and more SMEs able to scale fresh solutions to persistent challenges such as damp and mould, building safety, digital switchover, decarbonisation, tenant well-being, asset management and housing supply.”
Annemarie Roberts, associate director at the Disruptive Innovators Network, said the social housing environment is “more challenging than ever before”.
She added: “Finding innovative, future-focused solutions that can be easily procured is exactly where the SHED framework can help.
“SHED 5 also supports the government’s reforms that overhaul public purchasing rules to make them simpler, more flexible and transparent and have a focus on opening up contracts to SMEs and more diverse suppliers.”
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