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title: "CivTech 12.6 - How can technology improve living conditions and quality of life for social housing residents in Scotland?"
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buyer: "Cloch Housing Association"
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# CivTech 12.6 - How can technology improve living conditions and quality of life for social housing residents in Scotland?

Buyer: Cloch Housing Association  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000842315

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## Summary

Cloch Housing Association Ltd is seeking an innovative technology service to improve living conditions and quality of life for social housing residents in Scotland. The challenge focuses on cold homes, damp, mould and fuel poverty, and on identifying where poor housing conditions, financial hardship and individual vulnerability combine to create the greatest risk of harm. The solution should turn that insight into practical, targeted support, helping the housing provider investigate problems and complete repairs within statutory timescales. It should improve tenants’ health and wellbeing, protect homes and help make better use of housing and support resources. The requirement is for services, classified under CPV 73000000, 70333000 and 72000000, delivered for social housing in Scotland.

The procurement has reached tender: the buyer invited offers through an open procedure, with electronic submission. It comprises one lot with an estimated value of £650,000 including the stated currency. The tender deadline was 20 October 2026 at 12:00 UTC, with bids opened at that time; the evaluation and award period began then. The proposed contract lasts 720 days, with extensions potentially required to deliver the work. Bids must be in English and remain valid for 180 days after submission. Evaluation is based entirely on technical quality, weighted at 100%; price carries a weighting of 0%. Variants are not allowed. Electronic payment and ordering are used, and electronic invoicing is allowed.

This opportunity suits technology businesses, research-led teams and individual innovators able to develop and test practical tools for social landlords. Strong proposals will combine data analysis or digital technology with an understanding of housing conditions, fuel poverty, tenant vulnerability and health outcomes. The solution must be affordable at registered social landlord scale, protect tenant privacy and connect risk insight to real operational action, including investigation and repair work. Suppliers should be able to work collaboratively with the housing provider and residents through a co-production approach, develop the product during exploration and intensive accelerator activity, and support a usable solution rather than a purely theoretical model. The challenge is relevant to businesses seeking public-sector validation and potential wider applications for similar housing problems.

## Notice

Cold homes, damp, mould and fuel poverty are driving poor health outcomes, increasing pressure on healthcare services and deepening inequalities. While Registered Social Landlords are investing in warmer, more energy-efficient housing and responding to new regulatory requirements, fuel poverty means many vulnerable residents remain at risk, even in high-quality homes. Current approaches are often reactive and lack mechanisms to target support for those that might be the very most vulnerable, addressing issues only after harm has occurred. This Challenge seeks innovative solutions that can help registered social landlords identify where housing conditions, fuel poverty and individual vulnerability combine to create the greatest risk of harm, then translate that insight into practical, targeted action that combats these impacts, improves tenants' health and wellbeing outcomes, protects homes and makes better use of limited housing and support resources. Solutions must be affordable at RSL scale, protect tenant privacy, and connect insight to action so that Cloch can complete investigation and repair work within statutory timescales.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

About CivTech CivTech's mission is to drive daring and innovation in the public sector by collaboratively solving Challenges that make people's lives better - and in doing so create generations of sustainable, high growth businesses. CivTech brings together public sector expertise and private sector innovation to solve real problems, develop new products, and deliver better, faster and easier services for everyone. Central to the approach is co-production with the citizen. Part of the Scottish Government's Directorate for Digital, CivTech's approach is helping transform public sector engagement with tech and innovation, delivering significant benefits to public services, producing genuine uplifts for the Scottish economy - and along the way, making lives better. Across the country there are problems public sector organisations would like to solve and in the current environment the need for smart, efficient and effective products has never been greater. The Scottish Government is aware innovation is a good way to create them and is committed to ensuring a large part of its tech spend goes to innovative businesses - whatever stage they're at, or size they are. This is where CivTech comes in. The CivTech Innovation Flow is designed to create products as quickly and effectively as possible, and uses a true Accelerator model at the heart of its Innovation Flow model. For you - whether you're an individual, team or company - it's an opportunity to take on a Challenge, solve it, and win contracts with a blue-chip public sector organisation. You'll build a product, and a business to take it as far as possible. Because here's the kicker: the Challenges we issue aren't 'single organisation' problems - most of the problems we are solving exist worldwide. In short: Open Challenges are set. Any organisation, team or individual can respond. Applications are assessed, and shortlisted proposals go into an Exploration Stage where they're developed further together with the Challenge Sponsor and the CivTech [for which participating applicants are paid]. The best go through to the Accelerator - a period of intensive work to create the solution, and through CivTech's unique business growth workshop system, a business capable of taking the product to the world. Please visit our website for information on CivTech and how to get involved: https://www.civtech.scot/how-to-apply-civtech-12 https://www.civtech.scot/civtech-12-challenge-6-improving-social-housing-living-conditions-and-quality-of-life-for-residents-in-scotland

Renewal: Extensions may be required in order to deliver this work

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP564061 |
| Notice type | OJEU - F2 - Contract Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 8 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | 20 Oct 2026 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £650,000 |
| Lots value | £650,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Active |
| Lots status | Active |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Cloch Housing Association |
| Locality | GREENOCK |
| Postcode area | Paisley |
| Postcode | PA15 1ER |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM3 West Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM33 Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire, and Renfrewshire |
| Local authority | Inverclyde |
| Electoral ward | Inverclyde Central |
| Westminster constituency | Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West |
| Delivery location | TLM Scotland |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 70 - Real estate services
- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

### Codes

- 70333000 - Housing services
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

## Release History

- 8 Sep 2026 at 01:00 - Tender - OJEU - F2 - Contract Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP564061

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP564061
  CivTech 12.6 - How can technology improve living conditions and quality of life for social housing residents in Scotland? - Cold homes, damp, mould and fuel poverty are driving poor health outcomes, increasing pressure on healthcare services and deepening inequalities. While Registered Social Landlords are investing in warmer, more energy-efficient housing and responding to new regulatory requirements, fuel poverty means many vulnerable residents remain at risk, even in high-quality homes. Current approaches are often reactive and lack mechanisms to target support for those that might be the very most vulnerable, addressing issues only after harm has occurred. This Challenge seeks innovative solutions that can help registered social landlords identify where housing conditions, fuel poverty and individual vulnerability combine to create the greatest risk of harm, then translate that insight into practical, targeted action that combats these impacts, improves tenants' health and wellbeing outcomes, protects homes and makes better use of limited housing and support resources. Solutions must be affordable at RSL scale, protect tenant privacy, and connect insight to action so that Cloch can complete investigation and repair work within statutory timescales.

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.clochhousing.org.uk
- http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=842315
- http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000842315
- https://www.civtech.scot/civtech-12-challenge-6-improving-social-housing-living-conditions-and-quality-of-life-for-residents-in-scotland
- https://www.civtech.scot/how-to-apply-civtech-12
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/

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