News

11.05.2021

Offsite suppliers appointed to £330m modular buildings framework

15 offsite manufacturers have won places in the South West on a new £330 million framework for the public sector.

The Modular Buildings (MB2) framework from LHC, the contracting authority for SWPA allows local authorities, social landlords and other public bodies to source preapproved specialist suppliers who can design, supply, and install permanent, temporary, and refurbished modular buildings.

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23.04.2021

Low Carbon Offsite Construction DPS - Your Opinion

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.

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22.04.2021

Earth Day 2021

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.

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09.04.2021

SWPA launches procurement guide for Energy Efficiency Works

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.

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News

01.04.2021

SWPA have moved to a new office

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.

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31.03.2021

SWPA have recently become members of the UK Green Building Council

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!

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17.03.2021

Unlocking Innovation in Construction to be the best in the West

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.

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26.01.2021

Energy Efficiency Measures and Associated Works (N8) Framework Launch Webinar

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.

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News

16.12.2020

Constructing Excellence South West Awards 2020

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!

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13.11.2020

Contract Award Notice for N8 Energy Efficiency Measures & Associated Works

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.

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