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An innovative new £1.1bn procurement solution has been launched by Constructing Modern Methods (CMM) and the South West Procurement Alliance (SWPA) with the aim to unlock offsite, low carbon, housing.

Tackling the housing crisis is a priority for all local authorities, but in the West and South West of England public sector housing represents the fastest growing area of construction, with Bristol City Council alone committed to building 2,000 new homes every year.

SWPA's Energy Efficiency Measures and Associated Works (N8) framework is now live! It comprises of two workstreams, workstream one (WS1) has companies covering 21 individual measures. Workstream two (WS2) is the multi-disciplinary lot, with companies able to provide multiple measures.

Following our announcement that we had been selected as finalists, for the Offsite Award, with our case study ‘Why is the time now right for offsite’; we are delighted to announce that we won the category and the Winner of Winners award in collaboration with Magna Housing, Rollalong Ltd and Complex Asset Management Solutions (CAMS), will now go forward to the Constructing Excellence National Awards. We are glad that our work has been recognised so highly and are hopeful for another win!

Public sector procurement specialist SWPA has published the Contract Award Notice for its Energy Efficiency Measures & Associated Works (N8) Framework Agreement.

The Framework allows local authorities, social landlords and other public sector bodies to source specialist suppliers who can provide a variety of carbon-reduction  measures for domestic and public buildings and can carry out any associated repairs and retrofit work.

SWPA as part of the LHC Group has released the 2019/20 annual review online. Read about our contribution back to the community, our performance and much more.

SWPA are proud to be a headline sponsor for the #VirtualExpo2020 with Bristol Housing Festival. We’re excited to be involved in a range of virtual activities this year; we have our own exhibition room, blog on ‘The Key to Delivering Offsite and MMC Homes Successfully’, and Mary will be participating in a panel discussion.

One year ago, we held our launch and annual conference; we have achieved and done a lot in our first year, and although we haven’t been able to host our annual conference this year, we have still found a way to celebrate!

Clients want to see additional benefits for their communities beyond just the delivery of the core contract requirements to make the public pound go further. Many clients are receiving social value ‘additionality’ of 25% of spend on average.

Mark Farmer and Mike De’Ath released a report to stimulate debate on how we now move modular homebuilding truly into the mainstream through a series of strategic actions. Read more for the full report.

Construction procurement specialist SWPA is seeking bids from companies for the supply and installation of communal doors, entrance doors and associated products including fire doors for social landlords and public sector building owners throughout the South West England.