Contract award · 20 Feb 2026

GB-Colchester: 0466-PA Voids Property Works

Colchester City Council awarded “GB-Colchester: 0466-PA Voids Property Works” to Houghton & Son Ltd for £4m on 20 Feb 2026.

Construction workEast of England

Value £4m
WinnerHoughton & Son Ltd SME

Procedure

Procedure as published: Not specified.

Key facts

Buyer
Colchester City Council · Regional or local authority
Supplier
Houghton & Son Ltd SME
Value
£4,000,000
Procedure
Not specified
Sector
Construction work · Building completion work (CPV 45400000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date20 Feb 2026
  2. Published30 Jul 2026Published 160 days after the contract date

Description

Colchester Borough Council currently has 6800 properties within its housing stock which are managed on their behalf by Colchester Borough Homes. The successful tenderer will be expected to undertake Void Property Works comprising the following: Revenue Void Works is any or all standard Works Ordered to a Void Property in accordance with the Employer's minimum lettable standard (Void Minimum Standard Preamble); Capital Void Works is any other non-standard Works Ordered to a Void Property that is outside of the Employer's minimum lettable standard (Void Minimum Standard Preamble) or, in respect of an acquisition requiring a mini refurbishment to bring it back to decent homes standard, which includes but is not limited to: - Kitchens; - Bathrooms/WCs; - Electrical installations; - Heating installations; - Replacement windows; - Replacement dwelling entrance doors; - Disabled aids and adaptations; - Internal and external insulations; - Roofs (flat, pitched, system); - Fascia/cladding and …

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