Helm Housing wish to appoint an experienced and competent Contractor to carry out planned & cyclical maintenance works to 1200 properties in Northern Ireland. All dwellings will be occupied during the course of the works. The dwellings comprise a mixture of 2 and 3 storey general needs houses and general needs and Category 1 blocks of apartments up to 5 storey's high.

The works will include cyclical repairs (including window servicing) to all external elements and common and landlord internal elements together with full redecoration externally and redecoration of all common and landlord areas internally. 300 dwellings will have electrical testing carried out. All dwellings more than 10 years old are to have a full periodic test carried out and essential works highlighted in the report are to be undertaken. Further works will include replacement of kitchens to 150 dwellings; replacement of windows to 50 dwellings; Sanitary ware replacement to 250 dwellings; replacement communal flooring to 3 scheme sites and upgrade of oil central heating (domestic) to gas to 30 dwellings. A provisional sum of approximately £3,000 has been included for labelling, encapsulation and/or the removal of asbestos based materials identified from recent completion of Asbestos surveys.

The Contract Period is anticipated to be of twelve months duration.