Hampshire County Council will renew its maintenance contract worth £250 million over the next 10 years.

The county council manages essential planned preventative maintenance, statutory servicing and inspection tasks, reactive repairs, and critical out-of-hours emergency responses through a term maintenance contract (TMC).

The current contract, which was established in 2017, is set to end on July 31, 2026.

The TMC handles around 45,000 tasks every year across around 500 sites within the Hampshire County Council’s corporate estate.

This includes work on various facilities such as adults’ and children’s residential homes, libraries, offices, highway depots, and other buildings.

About 482 schools, nurseries, and education centres also utilise the county council’s property maintenance service agreement.

The current contract spending is approved annually as part of the county council’s revenue budget and is drawn from existing repairs and maintenance funds.

The new contract will start in August 2026 and last five years. After that, it would be extended from August 2031 to July 2036, with a total value of £250 million.

Due to devolution and the implementation of local government reorganisation, the contract will be flexible to reduce or grow the size of estates looked after by the council and other buildings if necessary.

The cost will be funded by the council’s revenue budget, income from the school’s service level agreement, and a drawn-down from existing repairs and maintenance budgets.

Cabinet member for universal services, Cllr Nick Adams-King, is set to grant the final approval on March 3.