Missing EU: Life after OJEU
Housing associations that celebrate the great escape from OJEU by cutting corners on due diligence and value for money may find that freedom comes at a price, warns Richard Brooks
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Modular Solutions
That pressure to build is gradually leading to innovation. We’re seeing the first signs that modular construction could play a bigger role; for example, housing association Your Housing Group’s partnership with a Chinese firm to build homes via new offsite factories.
Procuring Social Value
It’s taken many years for social value to become a mainstream issue. No longer on the fringes, it’s now being embraced across the public, private and third sectors, albeit to varying degrees.
Safer, Smarter Services
For procurement, finance, maintenance and asset management departments Blockchain is a gift – offering secure, automated transactions that cannot be tampered with without leaving electronic fingerprints all over the scene of the crime.
The Price of Gold
Financial pressure has made many housing associations consider charging for services that used to be free. Andrew Carlin says it may be no bad thing
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How we can create a ‘new normal’ for communities moving forward28th July 2020 - 12:01 pmOur Appliances Framework partner AO Business discusses a highlight of Digital Housing Week: how we can create a ‘new normal’ for communities moving forward.
PfH seeks contractors for £490m repairs and voids DPS14th July 2020 - 10:47 amProcurement for Housing (PfH) is searching for contractors to deliver £490m worth of responsive repairs and voids works to social landlords, for an initial term of five years, through a new dynamic purchasing system (DPS).
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