Clúid Housing Association

Clúid Housing Association is one of Ireland’s largest approved housing bodies, focused on delivering and managing social housing across the country.[13][18] Its procurement profile is strongly construction-led, with recurring demand for design-and-build housing schemes, contractor frameworks, fire remediation, kitchen replacements, and related professional services such as quantity surveying and legal/conveyancing support.[1][2][12] Recent awards show very large capital commitments, including multi-million and nine-figure development agreements, which indicates that Clúid routinely procures at both project and framework level.[1][2] It also buys supporting services and operational technology, including ICT managed services and asset management systems.[1][12]

Strategic Context

Clúid’s current procurement activity is being driven by a pipeline of large residential development work, including a live design-and-build contractor framework for residential developments above €50 million nationwide with an estimated value of €950 million.[3] Recent and recent-past awards also point to continued spending on housing delivery and estate works, including fire remediation, older persons housing, and other construction packages.[1][2][7][9] Its 2024 annual report is the most relevant published corporate source among the results, but the search results do not show a separate public procurement strategy or detailed forward capital plan; the strongest signal is therefore the scale and timing of live tendering and awards rather than a formal strategy document.[18]

Typical Suppliers

Main contractors for social housing design-and-build schemes and residential multi-unit developments, including firms capable of nine-figure framework or project bids
Property development partners and build-to-deliver contractors such as Ormonde Homes and Castlethorn-type developers
Specialist fire remediation contractors for occupied apartment blocks and housing estates
Quantity surveying and other construction consultancy firms for project cost control and delivery support
ICT and asset-management vendors supplying housing-sector back-office systems and managed services

Supplier Tips

Target both the high-value framework route and smaller estate/project packages; Clúid appears to split demand between major residential frameworks and operational works like fire remediation and kitchen replacements.[1][3][12]
Prepare strong evidence of social housing delivery capacity, compliance, and delivery risk management, because the live framework and recent awards are centred on complex residential construction rather than commodity buying.[1][2][3]
Watch for awards and competition on eTenders rather than relying only on Clúid’s own website, as the live pipeline is visible in tender notices and award records rather than in a dedicated procurement portal.[3][4][5]

Updated 9 August 2026

The most recent Clúid Housing Association tenders subscribers were alerted to: