How to win: Homecare - Supply of Materials 2027

About this contract

Abri has launched a new corporate strategy for 2026–2031, centred on a new "home and place standard" for all its 58,000 homes. This standard aims to exceed compliance by 2031, prioritizing customer experience, safety, environmental sustainability, and quality, while increasing, new home development. To support this new corporate strategy, Abri is seeking efficient, competent, experienced suppliers for the provision of Materials to ensure uninterrupted supply for maintenance and maintaining Abri’s properties for our customers, supporting our first time fix ethos, for planned and responsive work. It is intended that the tender will cover all properties in Abri’s portfolio with three determined lots as listed below, by material category, but not by geography, Abri’s entire geography is to be covered, with potential expansion also. Lotting structure: Suppliers have the ability to bid for multiple lots, but only one supplier will be awarded to each lot - The same supplier may win multiple lots – subject to confidence in delivery and enhanced due diligence: Lot 1 - Building Materials (maintenance & repairs) to include, but not limited to, items such as; general consumables, paving, decor

How to win contracts like this

• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — The Swaythling Housing Society Ltd (Trading as Abri) scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £365,636,158, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins goods work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar goods contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 10 July 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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