Construction & Maintenance Market Report: June 2026

The Month in One Line

June 2026 will be remembered as the month the CCS construction framework expiry clock became impossible to ignore.

What Moved in June

Crown Commercial Service Construction Works and Associated Services 2 (RM6088) expires 28 October 2026. ProCure 23 (RM6267) expires 30 October 2026. Together these two frameworks handle an estimated £6bn of public sector construction spend. Their replacements are not yet live. This creates a 60–90 day direct award and mini-competition surge as buyers rush to call off remaining value before expiry. June saw a 22% uplift in RM6088 call-off notices versus June 2025.

Social housing planned maintenance produced the largest single June award: Clarion Housing Group let a 5-year repairs and planned maintenance contract worth £420m across its Southern portfolio. The consortium winner was announced 12 June.

School rebuilding programme: the DfE published 18 new school rebuilding projects in June under the ESFA framework. Total construction value across the 18 projects: £1.1bn. Groundworks and M&E subcontract opportunities flow from these in Q3.

Reactive maintenance and void works: 14 councils published void property works contracts in June — a 40% increase on June 2025, driven by councils managing increased temporary accommodation stock.

Who Is Buying Right Now

• Housing associations with Decent Homes compliance deadlines in 2027 are the busiest planned maintenance buyers. Notting Hill Genesis, Peabody, and Anchor all ran procurement events in June.
• NHS Estates: following the RAAC concrete remediation programme, 31 NHS trusts have live or imminent works procurement. Structural and roofing contractors are in highest demand.
• Local Authorities: reactive maintenance and planned works budgets released in June following the delayed local government settlement. Essex, Lancashire, and Birmingham all published major works programmes.

Forward Signals for July

The new CHIC (Community Housing Innovation Consortium) Dynamic Purchasing System for roofing, external works, and decarbonisation opens for contractor applications in July. Membership gives access to 85 housing association clients without individual PQQ.

Procurement Reform Act compliance guidance for social housing landlords publishes in July — expect a wave of framework renewals in Q3 as RSLs update their procurement strategies.

The Number That Matters

£6bn — combined call-off value on RM6088 and RM6267 before their October expiry. Suppliers not already on these frameworks cannot access this spend directly. Pre-qualification for successor frameworks starts now.

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