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Thank you for your interest in the Low Carbon Offsite Construction DPS. 

This exercise is intended to provide potential bidders and clients with the opportunity to view and comment on the proposed Low Carbon Offsite Construction DPS if they wish to do so. This builds on the commitment to engage with the market, by sharing information and seeking input from the market to enable us to develop the final DPS documents in a fair and transparent manner.

The theme for Earth Day 2021 is 'Restore Our Earth', which focuses on natural processes, emerging green technologies, and innovative thinking that can restore the world's ecosystems. On the surface this may seem far removed from the world of public sector procurement, but at SWPA we believe that the role of procurement is increasingly important in reaching net zero targets. Reaching these targets will have to utilise green technologies and will require innovative thinking.

SWPA has launched a new guide for local authorities, housing associations and other registered providers that are looking to procure energy efficiency works.

The new guide from SWPA provides details of its £800m Energy Efficiency Measures and Associated Works (N8) framework, which runs until 8 November 2024.

We have moved to new offices in Exeter.

Although the team is still working from home we hope to be back in the office soon.

SWPA have recently become members of the UK Green Building Council! The team is ready to expand our knowledge about retrofit programmes to reach zero carbon targets and net zero new builds.

UKGBC have a range of great resources able to inform decisions on these topic areas as well as social value and much more!

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.