It expects to spend £30m with the three firms over the course of 10-years.

Each firm will operate in its own region covering east, central and southern England

Circle, which owns more than 63,000 homes, is setting up several frameworks as part of a new business transformation programme.

The tender competition is being run in parallel with the search for an asbestos surveyor, but firms are being restricted from bidding for both asbestos survey and removal.

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