In brief
- £504m award to Mears for Moat’s housing repairs and maintenance.
- Third-largest contract for Moat since 2018 in GovMarket records.
- Mears’ largest contract in GovMarket records since 2016.
Moat Homes Limited has awarded Mears Group Plc a £504 million contract for property repairs and maintenance, according to a notice published on 6 November.
The work covers responsive and reactive day-to-day repairs to Moat’s owned, leased and managed homes, communal areas and estates. Mears will also ready empty homes for re-let and provide an out-of-hours service, including triage and temporary moves.
It is Moat’s third-largest contract since 2018 in GovMarket records, behind an £852.9 million deal with United Living South and £635.1 million with Breyer Group.
Mears has five public sector contracts worth £513.7 million in GovMarket records since 2016. This award is its largest. Its next-biggest was a £9.0 million contract with Places for People in 2020.
This is their first contract in GovMarket records.
Key facts
* 2026 so far
| Year | Value | Contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £346.7m | 17 |
| 2022 | £9.0m | 13 |
| 2023 | £1.50bn | 28 |
| 2024 | £35.3m | 22 |
| 2025 | £32.1m | 12 |
| 2026 | £1.01bn | 4 |
Written from published notices and GovMarket contract records. Totals cover GovMarket records, which start at different dates for each source.
