Bonnyrigg Living Communities Contract

Overview

The project aims to improve the maintenance of public housing and community facilities and the services provided to tenants and the local community, while preserving and supporting the diversity, engagement and social cohesion of the area’s community. The project is intended to improve not only the physical amenities in the estate, but community engagement and community building, social cohesion, interaction and broader access and opportunity for tenants and the community.

The contractor will undertake:

Demolition or refurbishment of the existing social housing dwellings and other facilities on the estate, design and construction of the new facilities on the estate, purchase and refurbishment (or design and construction) of the additional dwellings in nearby areas, and all financing and development activity,
As redevelopment proceeds, marketing and sale of the new and refurbished dwellings that are to be privately owned, and
Until the contract expiry date, maintenance of the existing, new and refurbished public housing and delivery of tenancy, relocation, communication, consultation, community renewal and other services to public housing tenants and other community members.