Richard Hughes, the South West Procurement Alliance's newly appointed Regional Director joins the South West team and brings with him over 20 years of experience in the sector, along with key extensive knowledge in the areas of asset management, retrofit and decarbonisation.
South West Procurement Alliance achieves Gold Standard verification for all its public sector frameworks. Local councils and housing associations in the region can now benefit from the highest quality and most well-run procurement frameworks in the country.
We are proud to announce that LHCPG has achieved Gold Standard verification via the Constructing Excellence Constructing the Gold Standard Verification Scheme.
The SWPA team have had a fantastic summer, supporting our valued clients with a myriad of interesting projects, spanning the areas of asset safety and compliance, planned maintenance, construction, retrofit and consultancy.
The government’s recent announcement of a delay in implementing the new Procurement Act has sparked mixed reactions across the public sector. At LHC we are confident that this extra time will allow the market to achieve the full benefits that the Act is seeking to introduce.
Fewer defects, lower whole-life costs and increased customer satisfaction are just some of the benefits of modern methods of construction (MMC). Those are the key findings in a new report on the outcomes of an innovative trial to demonstrate how MMC can help tackle the affordable housing shortage in the UK.
The main event for team SWPA over the last few months has been delivering the SWPA Social Value Conference and AGM which was held on Wednesday, 12th June 2024, between 9.30am to 4.30pm at the Forge, in Winslade Manor, where SWPA previously held their Asset Safety and Compliance Conference.
On 16th May, LHC Procurement Group had the pleasure of sponsoring and attending the UK National GO Awards at the Titanic Hotel, Liverpool. As well as sponsoring the Social Value award category, LHC’s Regional Procurement Manager for London and the South East, Paul Smith, also had the honour of serving as a judge on this year’s panel and was extremely impressed by the innovative and impactful projects presented.
The team at the South West Procurement Alliance (SWPA) have had a busy start to the year, with the launch of three impressive frameworks, along with site visits, events and excelling new initiatives.
A new framework to support the retrofit and decarbonisation of the UK’s 6.1 million social homes and public sector buildings opens for applications from the 29th of April. LHC Procurement Group (LHC) is seeking consultants and specialists in energy efficiency, heating and ventilation, renewables, charging points and solar PV, for its new Retrofit and Decarbonisation (N9) framework.
