Morrison contracted by Manchester Housing Trust

A Morrison product story

Edited by the Buildingtalk editorial team Jun 18, 2009

City West Housing Trust in Salford has contracted Morrison to work on kitchen and bathroom replacements, structural repairs and wall cladding in a refurbishment and regeneration programme.

Social housing repairs and maintenance contractor Morrison has been appointed to join the framework operated by the housing truct in Greater Manchester and has been named as preferred bidder on contracts in Bristol and Suffolk.

In the GBP146 million project Morrison will now be contracted for a range of work including external improvements and upgrades to communal areas.

In the south of England, Morrison has been named preferred bidder by Redland Housing Association for a GBP3 million, five year contract to undertake gas installations and gas servicing and provide on-call maintenance support for 1,400 homes in Bristol and the surrounding area.

On the opposite side of the country, Babergh District Council in South Suffolk has appointed Morrison as preferred bidder for a GBP5 million three year contract to provide repairs, voids and on-call maintenance services.

The news from Greater Manchester, Bristol and Suffolk comes just weeks after the company was named as preferred bidder for the provision of inspection, servicing and maintenance of gas fired domestic central heating systems for Cambridge City Council, South Cambridgeshire District Council, The Riverside Group and AmicusHorizon.

Guy Wakeley, chief executive of Morrison, said: "Winning these contracts will enable us to provide help and support to even more communities as we continue to expand our business".

" "The recession is accelerating the trend for councils, housing associations and ALMOs to improve efficiency by making better use of specialist organisations within the private sector.

"This is creating additional opportunities for us to help our existing clients and develop mutually beneficial relationships with new ones".

"We are currently working on more than 100 new bids and in the first half of 2009 we have already won or been appointed as preferred bidder on eleven new contracts, which has increased the order book by more than GBP200 million".