£180M housing framework launched

Social housing consortium JV North launch £180M hunt for framework contractors and consultants.

JV North has launched a £180M contractors and consultant’s framework with a range of professionals needed to help build and sell homes.

The consortium’s 11 members span Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Nottingham and Preston and will build nearly 3,000 new homes for rent and ownership by 2021.

The new year framework, due to start in July, will build an estimated 2,000 of these properties and will also include employer’s agents, principle designers, legal conveyors and quantity surveyors.

A two tier system has been launched, based on the value of work that is up for grabs. Level one is being launched now and is a framework targeting contractors and consultants for works in excess of £1M. In April, level 2 will be launched is a framework for contractors bidding for work valued up to £1M so SME builders get an improved opportunity. This will be made available through a Dynamic Purchasing System – a recently introduced procurement tool that JV North believes will better suit SME businesses.

JV North is also seeking contractors to deliver offsite projects using modern methods of construction

Sean Stafford, who is Director of Saffer Cooper which manages JV North’s development programme, said: “The landscape in social housing has changed and JV North is reacting to this to ensure it can deliver just as it has since forming in 2007.

“The existing framework has been very successful with excellent work carried out by a collection of high quality organisations and professionals.

“We are now looking to widen it so we can deliver nearly 3,000 new home ownership properties and so require consultants who offer specialist services.

“Many small to medium sized contractors do not actively look for procurement opportunities because most work tendered is usually perceived as too big for them but we want them to apply too.

“This is why we have divided the framework into work based on value.”

JV North Chairman and Chief Executive at Wythenshawe Community Housing Group, Nigel Wilson said: “Our members and partners on the framework have excellent relationships with their respective local authorities and have a big appetite to build high quality homes in their communities to help meet the growing housing demand.

“We need companies of a similar ethos to join our framework and deliver our vision.”

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