Following a competitive tender process, a total of 70 specialist firms – 74 per cent of them SMEs, have secured a place on the framework, which has been developed to support public sector organisations, including housing, education, and healthcare providers. The framework offers a wide range of internal and external improvement works – from the installation of kitchens, bathrooms, windows, and doors, to roofing work. It has been enhanced to include four new dedicated lots covering damp and mould, external environmental improvements (such as fencing, driveways, walls, and hard and soft landscaping), insulation, and ‘aids and adaptations’.
Peter Francis, Executive director of Operations at Fusion21, said: “In response to member and supply chain feedback and in line with the proposed updates to the Decent Homes Standard, the renewed framework now covers even more aspects of building improvement. It is set up to help tackle problems such as damp and mould, as well as issues with major components like roofs, windows, doors, kitchens and bathrooms, hard and soft landscaping, and aids and adaptations.
“In addition to working with a team of technical procurement experts, Fusion21 members accessing this offer will benefit from a compliant, efficient route to market, flexible call-off options, and geographical coverage across the UK, down to a regional and local level.
“As with all Fusion21’s frameworks, the Building Improvements Framework will also support our members to deliver social value to their communities, aligned to their organisational priorities.”
The successful suppliers appointed to Fusion21’s national Building Improvements Framework are:
Connolly Limited
Amber Construction Services Limited
Arc Group London Limited
Architectural Decorators Limited
Aspect Group Services Limited
Axis Europe Plc
AYM (Services) Limited
BAAS Construction Limited
Bell Group Ltd
Breyer Group Public Limited Company
C.L.C. Contractors Limited
Carroll Group Limited
Chas Berger Limited
Chigwell (London) Limited
Clark Contracts Limited
Combined Facilities Management Ltd
CTS Projects Limited
DLP Services (Northern) Limited
Ecosafe Heating Limited
Emanuel Whittaker Limited
Esh Construction Limited
Etec Contract Services Limited
Fortem Solutions Limited
Frank Rogers (Building Contractor) Limited
FWJ Limited
Guildmore Ltd
Ian Williams Limited
Jackson, Jackson & Sons Limited
Jeakins Weir Limited
Kier Services Limited
Lawtech Group Limited
LCB Group Holdings Limited
Lovell Partnerships Limited
M & J Group (Construction & Roofing) Ltd
M&R Heating Services Northwest Limited
M&Y Maintenance & Construction Limited
M.D. Building Services Limited
Mascott Construction (Europe) Ltd
Maurice Flynn & Sons Ltd
Milestone Contracting Limited
Morgan & Bond Limited
Mulalley & Co. Limited
Niblock (Builders) Limited
Oxford Direct Services Trading Limited
P. Casey & Co., Limited
P. Casey (Land Reclamation) Limited
P.K. Murphy Construction Limited
Penny Lane Builders Limited
PiLON Limited
Piperhill Construction Limited
Polyteck Building Services Limited
Quinn (London) Limited
R & M Williams (Holdings) Limited
R. Benson Property Maintenance Limited
Re-Gen (UK) Construction Limited
Saltash Enterprises Limited
Seddon Construction Limited
SERS Energy Solutions Group Limited
Sterling Services (Northern) Limited
Surefire Management Services Limited
Sustainable Building Services (UK) Limited
T Brown Group Limited
T.S.G. Building Services Plc
Thomas Sinden Limited
Topcoat Construction Limited
United Living (South) Limited
Ups Building & Maintenance Limited
Wates Property Services Limited
Wright Build Ltd
WRPS Group Limited
Fusion21 is a national social enterprise which ‘specialises in efficient and impactful public sector procurement and social value services’. Originally created by and for the housing sector in 2002, it has since diversified into other sectors, including local authority, education, NHS, and ‘blue light’. To date, the organisation has saved its members over £343 million through the procurement process, created over 11,150 ‘employment outcomes’. and generated over 165 million in social impact.