- Removing The Tender Headache
- Cost Savings
- Quality Assurance
- Compliance
- Innovation & Expertise
- Time & Resource
Removing The Tender Headache
| Procurement frameworks provide pre-approved lists of suppliers who have gone through a rigorous selection process. This saves housing providers time and effort in conducting individual procurement exercises. The frameworks often include pre-negotiated terms and conditions, pricing structures, and service level agreements, making the procurement process more efficient. |  |
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Cost Savings
| Procurement frameworks enable housing providers to benefit from economies of scale. By aggregating demand across multiple housing providers, frameworks can negotiate better prices, discounts, and favourable terms with suppliers. This helps housing providers achieve cost savings and maximise their budgets. |  |
Quality Assurance
| Frameworks typically have strict qualification criteria for suppliers, ensuring that only reputable and competent providers are included. Housing providers can have confidence in the quality of goods and services procured through the framework, as suppliers have already undergone a robust selection process. This reduces the risk of procuring substandard products or services |  |
Compliance with Legal and Regulatory Requirements:
| Housing providers have a responsibility to comply with various legal and regulatory frameworks in their procurement activities. Procurement frameworks often have built-in compliance measures, such as adherence to EU procurement regulations, public sector procurement rules, or specific housing regulations. Utilising frameworks help housing providers ensure compliance and avoid legal complications. |  |
Access to Innovation and Expertise
| Procurement frameworks often include suppliers with specialised knowledge and expertise in the housing sector. This provides housing providers with access to the latest technologies, innovative solutions, and best practices. Frameworks facilitate collaboration with experienced suppliers who can offer insights and guidance to improve service delivery and enhance the quality of housing provision. |  |
Time and Resource Savings
| By utilising procurement frameworks, housing providers can save significant time and resources that would otherwise be spent on conducting their own procurement exercises. Frameworks provide a ready-made procurement structure, documentation templates, and a pre-qualified pool of suppliers, allowing housing providers to focus on other strategic activities and core business functions. |  |
Overall, procurement frameworks offer housing providers in the UK a range of benefits, including streamlined procurement processes, cost savings, quality assurance, compliance, access to expertise, and time/resource efficiencies. They enable housing providers to deliver effective and value-for-money services to their residents while meeting their legal and regulatory obligations.
