North West Improvement and Efficiency Partnership

 

 

This programme will look to put in place construction frameworks for the procurement of building and civil engineering contractors together with frameworks building and civil engineering consultant professionals. These frameworks will be made available to all 47 Member Local Authorities plus regional public sector bodies and will be structured to compliment existing frameworks, the geography and diversity of demand across the region.

 

Governance arrangements have yet to be finalised, differing models have been implemented at other RCEs/RIEPs ranging from single lead authority, new companies and joint partnerships and also joint committees as defined in the Local Government Act. The initial consultation period will be used to lay out options and select the model most likely to be effective in the North West.   Aside from any pump-priming grants the core services provided by the framework management team could be funded via an annual subscription and service charge which could be refundable upon completion of a procurement via the framework.

 

Potential annual cashable savings of £43 million (6% of annual historic turnover , dependent on uptake of the frameworks) have been estimated.

 

 

Phil Gardener, Project Manager

email: phil.gardener@sk9consulting.com