Property services business Liberty has reported it has retained its servicing contract for communal gas and biomass heating systems with Salford-based landlord ForHousing, which owns and manages more than 24,000 homes across the North-West.
The contract was secured through a mini competition on the Fusion21 Heating & Renewables 2020-24 Framework.
With a value of £450,000, the one-year contract covers a portfolio of nearly 2,000 properties, with the possibility of a one-year extension.
The company has also recently been awarded a prominent position on the Procurement for Housing (PfH) Heating Solutions Framework as well as Procurement Assists’ Heating and Gas Servicing Framework.
The former, which spans four years, will allow Liberty to provide services including gas boiler servicing, repairs, maintenance, and installations, in homes and commercial properties.
The latter is for a national procurement services provider delivering compliant procurement solutions and has seen the company included on the Heating and Gas Servicing Framework. The Framework supports clients to do direct call-off for contracts and saw the company ranked first in several lots.
Group managing director Ray Jones said: “Retaining the heating systems contract with ForHousing is a testament to our combined commitment to ensuring effective, quality, and deliverable services that have customer service at their core.
“It’s also great news to have secured places on the Procurement for Housing Framework and the Procurement Assist framework. These frameworks cover many parts of the UK, allowing us to extend our reach to a broader customer base.”
ForHousing director of homes Nigel Sedman said: “We are committed to providing well-maintained, sustainable homes for our tenants and their safety is our number one priority.
“Everything we do aims to positively impact the lives of our social housing tenants. From listening to tenant feedback and learning from it, we continually work to improve our services.
“Working collaboratively with Liberty means we can deliver on being 100% gas compliant and ensure we deliver excellent performance in maintaining the heating of our tenants’ homes.”
Procurement Assist chief executive Keith Armstrong said: “We are delighted to be working with Liberty, a contractor well established in the marketplace, on our Gas Servicing and Repairs Framework Agreement.
“Having undergone a full PCR procurement process, we are looking forward to a long-term relationship with Liberty. With a direct award option when using the Framework Agreement, our clients and potential clients can be assured that our low cost-to-use solution can help them in delivering their cost avoidance targets.”
