News

30.07.2020

Schools and Community Buildings Pre-tender Engagement

The South West Procurement Alliance (SWPA), as part of the LHC Group, will be procuring the next version of the Schools and Community Buildings framework, which will be procured under a new name: Public Buildings (PB3). This is a popular construction and refurbishment framework available to the public sector.

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15.07.2020

New Whole House Refurbishment and Associated Works Framework

South West Procurement Alliance’s Whole House Refurbishment and Associated Works (WH2) framework is for the delivery of either individual measures or for refurbishment of buildings using multiple measures. Fully OJEU compliant, the WH2 framework provides local authorities, housing associations and other registered providers of social housing with easy access for contractors who can deliver refurbishment works.

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25.06.2020

Offsite Construction of New Homes (NH2) Webinar Series

A Prior Information Notice (PIN) has been published advising of the forthcoming tender opportunity for the manufacture, supply and delivery of high quality kitchen cabinets, worktops and associated products – as a successor to the current K5 framework – for use in any project funded under public finance.

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18.06.2020

Collaborate, Integrate, and Aggregate Knowledge Sharing Webinar

South West Procurement Alliance are hosting this webinar as a combined regional framework launch for our new Offsite Project Integrator (OPI1) framework and knowledge sharing event.

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12.06.2020

Energy Efficiency Consultancy Services (N8C) Contract Award Notice

Public sector procurement specialist, SWPA, has published the contract award notice for its new Energy Efficiency Consultancy Services (N8C) framework. The duration of the framework is for a period of 4 years commencing 1st June 2020 to the 31st May 2024.

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19.05.2020

New Offsite Project Integrator Framework

South West Procurement Alliance’s Offsite Project Integrator framework can be used by local authorities, housing associations and other social landlords to find the vital technical support they need to deal with the unique challenges, associated with the integration of offsite projects including volumetric, panelised, high-rise and turnkey building systems and to make your offsite project a success.

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19.03.2020

Coronavirus update

Contingency Planning – Covid-19 The LHC Group is closely monitoring the developing situation of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and is following the regulatory and advisory guidance issued by HM Government and NHS. As such guidance is currently fluid and subject to change, we will issue further statements as the situation unfolds.

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05.02.2020

‘Why is the time now right for offsite’ in an increasingly challenging housing market?

Magna Housing Group and SWPA commissioned Complex Asset Management Solutions to make the business case for delivering offsite housing from the perspective of a landlord owning and maintaining homes in the UK.

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23.01.2020

LHC and Inside Housing collaborative work on MMC

There is a big push for the use of MMC in the social housing sector. SWPA, with the LHC Group have been informing the conversation and gathering information throughout 2019.

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