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Procurement group opens £160m fire safety measures framework
A housing association procurement group has opened up a £160m framework for social landlords seeking to commission fire safety work.
Re:allies – a collaboration between Procure Plus, Efficiency North and the Central Housing Investment Consortium – claims the framework could help landlords avoid paying over the odds for fire safety measures as surging demand following the Grenfell disaster causes price spikes.
The four-year framework is split into four lots: fire risk assessments, fire precaution works, sprinklers, and fire detection and alarms.
It also breaks down England and Wales into four regional lots for contractors to bid on.
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“It’s normal when you’ve got a spike in demand to see prices going up. Individually landlords would be at the mercy of that,” said Mike Brogan, chief executive of Re:allies and Procure Plus.
“Because of the way we’ve packaged things, our framework is not such a subject to those variations in pricing. The fact we are breaking down the lots means you lose some control as a contractor to just name your price.”
Inside Housing has previously revealed that landlords’ estimated costs of installing sprinklers can vary greatly.
Sprinklers are expected to account for £100m of the total framework spend.
Re:allies has based its framework on a consultation with a group of 15 housing associations in the North West.
Housing associations and other social landlords are able to take part in the framework.
