Procurement for Housing Archives

Survey shows local authority and housing association procurement teams are undertrained, understaffed and under pressure

|Date: 12 May, 2025

Survey shows local authority and housing association procurement teams are undertrained, understaffed and under pressure

A survey of procurement staff working in local authorities and housing associations has found that 47% fe ...

A survey of procurement staff working in local authorities and housing associations has found that 47% feel inadequately resourced and 42% feel insufficiently trained on new public procurement regulat ...

12 May, 2025
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Framework specialists procure new Regional Business Manager

|Date: 22 February, 2024

Framework specialists procure new Regional Business Manager

Scotland’s leading procurement experts has strengthened its business team after joining forces with a ren ...

Scotland’s leading procurement experts has strengthened its business team after joining forces with a renowned industry veteran. With 19 years of experience and expertise in managing high-value contra ...

22 February, 2024
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Building Better searches for traditional contractors to join £800m MMC framework for local authorities and housing associations

|Date: 13 February, 2024

Building Better searches for traditional contractors to join £800m MMC framework for local authorities and housing associations

Building Better, the National Housing Federation-backed alliance of councils and housing associations set ...

Building Better, the National Housing Federation-backed alliance of councils and housing associations set up to increase the use of modern methods of construction (MMC) in social housing, is hunting f ...

13 February, 2024
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Latest £100m council and housing association ‘disruptors’ framework launches

|Date: 5 February, 2024

Latest £100m council and housing association ‘disruptors’ framework launches

21 suppliers have won spots on the third generation Social Housing Emerging Disruptors (SHED) framework, ...

21 suppliers have won spots on the third generation Social Housing Emerging Disruptors (SHED) framework, which enables housing associations and councils to compliantly buy innovative services from sta ...

5 February, 2024
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Liberty retains £450,000 communal gas servicing contract with ForHousing and secures two new frameworks with PfH and Procurement Assist

|Date: 25 October, 2023

Liberty retains £450,000 communal gas servicing contract with ForHousing and secures two new frameworks with PfH and Procurement Assist

Property services business Liberty has retained the servicing contract for communal gas and biomass heati ...

Property services business Liberty has retained the servicing contract for communal gas and biomass heating systems with Salford-based landlord ForHousing, which owns and manages more than 24,000 home ...

25 October, 2023
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Novus goes from strength to strength across South England

|Date: 1 September, 2023

Novus goes from strength to strength across South England

Leading maintenance, compliance and decarbonisation contractor Novus Property Solutions has demonstrated ...

Leading maintenance, compliance and decarbonisation contractor Novus Property Solutions has demonstrated its growing reputation across South England with a trio of contract wins valued at a combined t ...

1 September, 2023
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Winners selected on materials framework for local authority landlords

|Date: 29 March, 2023

Winners selected on materials framework for local authority landlords

City Electrical Factors, Huws Gray, Jewson, NMBS, Travis Perkins and Wolseley are among 13 merchants to h ...

City Electrical Factors, Huws Gray, Jewson, NMBS, Travis Perkins and Wolseley are among 13 merchants to have secured spots on a large-scale materials framework for UK local authorities and housing ass ...

29 March, 2023
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Suppliers win slots on second generation £100m social housing ‘disruptors’ framework

|Date: 10 January, 2023

Suppliers win slots on second generation £100m social housing ‘disruptors’ framework

20 suppliers have been appointed to the latest Social Housing Emerging Disruptors (SHED) framework which ...

20 suppliers have been appointed to the latest Social Housing Emerging Disruptors (SHED) framework which helps local authorities and housing associations to compliantly procure non-traditional solutio ...

10 January, 2023
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Glidevale Protect unveils its new fire rated internal membrane — Protect FrameFoil FR

Schools strongly support heat decarbonisation, but barriers hinder progress, according to new Baxi research

VIVID and Barclays deliver first ever loan to retrofit social housing under £1.3bn NWF scheme

Construction sees spring surge as housing powers ahead

RPS Group secures £6.2m retrofit contract with Broadacres Housing Association

Successful housing project shows best measures to cut carbon emissions

Thousands of social tenants at risk of losing heating and hot water amid RTS switch-off

Fusion21 announces suppliers appointed to £1.5bn Decarbonisation Framework

Survey shows local authority and housing association procurement teams are undertrained, understaffed and under pressure

Last brick laid at Thurrock’s new Community Diagnostic Centre

Liberty retains £450,000 communal gas servicing contract with ForHousing and secures two new frameworks with PfH and Procurement Assist

Liberty retains £450,000 communal gas servicing contract with ForHousing and secures two new frameworks with PfH and Procurement Assist