Facilities Services Provision - Social Housing Market - UK 2009-2013

Abstract

INTRODUCTION and OVERVIEW

AMA Research have published the two brand new reports:-

Facilities Services Provision - Local Authority Housing Market UK

Facilities Services Provision - Housing Association Market UK

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

The changing structure of the social housing market and pressures to achieve ' best value for money' is impacting on facilities services provision within the social housing sector. A wide range of approaches are currently being adopted by the LAs and HAs.

The vast majority of LAs and HAs retain the overall management of the housing stock but sub-contract out at least some of the work to external contractors. Despite the positive underlying shift towards outsourcing ' bundled' work activities, currently many LAs and HAs are not outsourcing overall facilities management of the social housing stock. The social housing sector is currently one of the least mature in terms of Total Facilities Management, therefore providing considerable opportunities for FM suppliers.

The reports contain a detailed assessment of these and other market trends and influences, with analysis of future prospects and potential opportunities.

Key areas covered by the reports 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.

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.
• Positive underlying shift towards outsourcing ' bundled' contracts, but LAs and HAs retain management of housing stocks.
• Facilities Services market anticipated to demonstrate good growth, with social housing representing an end use sector with substantial potential opportunities in the medium to long term.

Some of the companies included:

Apollo Property Services Group, Carillion Facilities Management, Connaught Partnerships Ltd, Enterprise plc, Environmental Property Services plc, Exor Group, Inspace, Integral UK, Interservefm, Jeakins Weir Limited, Kier Support Services (KSS), Kinetics Group, KNK Building Services Ltd, Mears Group plc, MITIE plc, Morrison Facilities Services, Mouchel, Pinnacle Group, Quadron Services Limited, Serco Group plc, Vinci Facilities.

Each of the reports covers the following key areas:

THE FACILITIES MANAGEMENT OUTSOURCING MARKET

In both reports:

• Overview of the overall Local Government Facilities Management outsourcing market - estimates of total market size from 2003-2008, with forecasts for the period from 2009 to 2013.
• 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 Healthcare & Education, Central & Local Government and Corporate sectors.

SOCIAL HOUSING SECTOR

In both reports:

• Market size from 2003-2008, with forecasts from 2009 - 2013, including key market influences.
• Analysis of social housing stocks by ownership - decline in Local Authority ownership 2002-2008.
• Breakdown of the social housing market by country.

FACILITIES SERVICES PROVISION

In both reports:

• Facilities Provision Market size and trends, mix by service type, prospects to 2013.
• Key market influences - current and capital expenditure programmes, growing penetration of outsourcing, construction output and developments, impact of Decent Homes programme.
• Penetration of Outsourcing - services outsourced, trend to TFM and ' bundled' services. Trend towards partnerships and similar co-operative procurement approaches.
• Facilities Provision Market size and trends, mix by service type, prospects to 2013 in each report.

Specific to each report:

• 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 further facilities services outsourcing. Prospects for growth.

CONTRACTORS REVIEW

In both reports:

• Key trends - recent acquisitions & mergers, expansion and diversification of service provision.
• Identification of key FM providers to social housing sector - includes company structure, areas of specialization, turnover, etc