Facilities Services Provision - Social Housing Market Report - UK 2012-2016 Analysis

AMA Research are pleased to announce the publication of the second edition of the report ‘Facilities Services Provision - Social Housing Market Report - UK 2012-2016 Analysis’.

The report reviews the outsourced service provision of non-core services with a specific focus on the Local Authority (LA) and Housing Association (HA) owned social houses respectively.

Key areas covered by the report include:-

• Specific analysis of facilities services within each social housing sector – extent of outsourcing, types of contracts placed, activities typically bundled, sector interest and potential future opportunities in outsourcing.
• Analysis of expenditure – breakdown of current and capital expenditure and analysis of management and maintenance costs in each sector.
• Review of the leading providers – company profiles for the leading contractors of facilities services within the social housing sector.
• Overview of the social housing sector - size, recent trends and key market influences, forecasts and future prospects.

Housing Associations now own over 50% of social housing properties, shifting the market structure away from Local Authorities. The pressures to achieve ‘best value for money’ are impacting on facilities services provision within the social housing sector. Also the supply chain has undergone substantial changes in recent years following the demise of Connaught Partnerships and other providers, leading to social housing landlords looking for less risk, greater stability and control over operations.

The vast majority of LAs and HAs retain the overall management of the housing stocks but sub-contract at least some of the work to external contractors. The placement of contracts for facilities services in the social sector has changed in recent years; individual contracts continue to be the main type of contract placed and whilst ‘bundled’ contracts are placed, there appears to be a shift towards the placement of smaller ‘bundled’ packages as well as multiple contractors.

The report contains a detailed assessment of the market, together with market trends and influences, as well as an analysis of future prospects and potential opportunities.

Areas of particular interest:-

• Analysis of facilities service provision and a breakdown of the types of contracts placed with respect to the properties owned by the LAs and HAs.
• Changes in the contracts placed that offer less risk.
• Impact of the near completion of the Decent Homes Programme and future potential opportunities in the market from the Green Deal and other initiatives.

Key Companies included:-

• Carillion Facilities Management and Property Services, Enterprise, Galliford Try, Integral UK, Interserve Support Services, Jeakins Weir, Keepmoat, Kier Services, KNK Building Services, Lovell Partnerships, Mears Group, MITIE, Morrison Facilities Services, Mouche, Pinnacle PSG, Rydon Group, Seddon Property Services, Serco Group, Vinci Facilities, Wates Living Space, Willmott Dixon Partnerships.

Key areas covered in the report include:-

• SOCIAL HOUSING FACILITIES SERVICES PROVISION
• Facilities provision market size and trends, mix by service type, prospects to 2016.
• Key market influences – current and capital expenditure programmes, construction output and developments, Government budget cuts, impact of the administration of key companies and near completion of Decent Homes programme.
• Outsourcing of FS – services outsourced, move towards smaller bundled contracts.
• Facilities provision market size and trends, mix by service type, prospects to 2016 in each sector (LA and HA).
• Specific analysis of facilities services provision within the Local Authority owned/managed social housing sector – extent of facilities services outsourcing, expenditure, types of contracts placed, activities typically bundled, sector interest and potential opportunities for facilities services outsourcing.
• Specific analysis of facilities services provision within the Housing association owned/managed social housing sector – extent of facilities services outsourcing, expenditure, types of contracts placed, activities typically bundled, sector interest and potential opportunities in facilities services outsourcing.
• SOCIAL HOUSING SECTOR
• Market size from 2006-2011, with forecasts to 2016, including key market influences.
• Analysis of social housing stocks by ownership – shift in ownership with Housing Associations owning more than half of the properties.
• Breakdown of the social housing market by country.
• THE FACILITIES MANAGEMENT OUTSOURCING MARKET
• Overview of the overall Local Government Facilities Management outsourcing market - estimates of total market size from 2006-2011, with forecasts for the period to 2016.
• Key market influences and future prospects – macro-economic factors, increasing maturity in a number of end use sectors, trend towards ‘bundling’ and legislative influences.
• Overall market mix by end use sector amongst Central Government, Local Government and Social Housing sectors.
• CONTRACTORS REVIEW
• Key trends – exit of some key players, impacts on the market structure, behaviour of the buyers etc, with available opportunities being seized by some new entrants in to the market.
• Identification of key FM providers to social housing sector - includes company structure, areas of specialisation, turnover, etc.