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We have everything you need under one roof, whatever stage of the buildings lifecycle you’re at.
Select a stage below and see how we can help your organisation find the right buildings solution.
You Need:
- Contracted services, items and materials to fit-out and furnish buildings
- Value for money, OJEU compliant electricity, gas, water and fuels supplies
- Metering solutions
- Tools and materials to support major repair and renovation work
- Ability to identify usage patterns and opportunities to maximise assets
We Deliver:
- Bespoke and catalogue furniture with price-only direct award and more savings on large scale requirements
- Competitive energy pricing, with independently verified savings through our expert trading team and unique position as the largest energy buyer for the public sector in the UK
- Aggregation and other buying routes for water, liquid and solid fuels
- Full range of liquid and solid fuels, including motor, heating, lubricants and greases, wood, biomass products and associated services
- Ability to purchase or lease fiscal or sub-metering solutions, including maintenance, repair and data management services
- Pre-competed prices on materials and tools with further competition
- Bureau and software solutions to analyse utility usage
- Demand side response solution to generate income with existing and new asset management
Through these frameworks:
You need:
- Cleaning, security and maintenance staff from trusted suppliers
- Expert support integrating services and transitioning to a ‘smart buildings’ approach
- Trusted partners to manage your housing and property portfolio
We deliver:
- Average commercial benefits of 20% for new customers on Facilities Management
- A guided competition process with widely used standard requirements for all customers
- A pool of regional specialists for smaller contracts as well as full service providers for large scale estates
- Professional service providers that can assist you or manage for you, your day-to-day property needs including landlord and tenant management, and treasury function
Through these frameworks:
You need:
- Professional agents to manage the acquisition and disposal of buildings in your estate
- Consultancy support in managing the future of your estate
- Energy from renewable sources
We deliver:
- Access to efficient, effective and compliant property expertise, allowing you to:
- Reduce property costs and release unwanted property assets
- Identify commercial benefits
- Identify opportunities to generate income from land and buildings
- Route to contract for energy purchase agreements through direct or indirect opportunities for short or long term commitments
- Renewable energy via our Green and Low Carbon, supply options on the energy frameworks
- Green Gas options via the gas framework
- Onsite generation equipment and services
- Renewable/ low carbon Power Purchase Agreements (direct and indirect)
- Heat Networks and related products and services
- Energy performance contracting options to optimise estates
Through these frameworks:
You need:
- Quality consultancy and support from industry experts
- Experienced and accredited designers and project managers to oversee construction projects
- Specialist advice and guidance for managing your estate
We deliver:
- Access to consultants for RIBA stages 0-7, end-to-end Project Management & Full Design Team Services to specific requirements
- Strategic advice, including the preparation and development of an estate strategy and property business case formalisation
- Full surveying and planning services
- Space utilisation and rationalisation including demand management
Through these frameworks:
You Need:
- Temporary and semi-permanent buildings for any requirement (e.g. accommodation, healthcare or education)
- Trusted and affordable contractors for major and minor construction works
- Specialist contractors to support the generation of new business opportunities
- Materials for construction and repair projects at discounted prices through the scale of purchasing
We deliver:
- Competitive pricing for modular build (constructed offsite) for general office accommodation and more specialist requirements, including healthcare, education and/or housing
- Contractors benchmarked on both quality and price for major and minor works projects and for specialist requirements, including maritime, airfield, residential, construction management & demolition projects, and programmes across the UK
- Dynamic solution to identify best supplier for delivering generation strategy and solutions
- Pre-competed prices on buildings materials with national scope
Through these frameworks: