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SWPA's News Bulletin: Q1 2024
The team at the South West Procurement Alliance (SWPA) have had a busy start to the year, with the launch of three impressive frameworks, along with site visits, events and excelling new initiatives.
The team at the South West Procurement Alliance (SWPA) have had a busy start to the year, with the launch of three impressive frameworks, along with site visits, events and excelling new initiatives.
A new framework to support the retrofit and decarbonisation of the UK’s 6.1 million social homes and public sector buildings opens for applications from the 29th of April. LHC Procurement Group (LHC) is seeking consultants and specialists in energy efficiency, heating and ventilation, renewables, charging points and solar PV, for its new Retrofit and Decarbonisation (N9) framework.
The South West Procurement Alliance (SWPA) is based in Exeter and comprises of a locally based team of six who dedicate their time to improving lives and places, through viable and efficient procurement solutions in the South West.
Manufactured by Dorset-based Rollalong, the two-bedroom accessible bungalow on New Road in Durrington is the first to be commissioned by the council using Modern Methods of Construction, or MMC.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s decision to push back the deadlines for key energy efficiency policies, including allowing existing fossil fuel heating systems to be used in certain homes for almost an additional decade, has been roundly criticised as undermining the UK’s ability to reach net zero by 2050.
Winning building maintenance and compliance consultancies and contractors have been named for a Britain-wide £135m framework designed to deliver building life safety and maintenance for the public sector.
Specialist contractors are being sought to help influence a multi-million-pound framework dedicated to tackling the energy efficient retrofit and decarbonisation of Great Britain’s public sector buildings and social housing stock.
Following changes to its board and company structure in April this year, the not-for-profit public sector construction framework provider has announced a change to its senior leadership team, appointing Jennifer Castle as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO).
Thousands of homes across England and Wales can now apply for Round 3 to receive a grant of £32 million, to upgrade their old and ineffective heat networks and generate affordable energy with decreased carbon emissions. The deadline to submit applications for HNES Round 3 is by 7th July 2023.
Contractors in England and Wales can now apply for our new £260 million Refurbishment and Modernisation (RM3) Framework, to deliver a wide range of housing and non-residential refurbishment and associated retrofit works.