Interserve secures HCA Partner place

Interserve has announced it has won a place on the panel supporting the Homes and Communities Agency.

The international support services and construction group, will be part of the Agency’s £8Bn Delivery Partner Panel 3 (DPP3) Framework.

Interserve is a new entrant into the panel, consisting of 70 leading national and regional housing developers and contractors. The DPP3 is designed to provide procurement solutions to the Agency, speeding up the delivery of projects, with all services necessary to construct housing and associated infrastructure, provided by the Panel.

To be delivered over four years, the framework is divided into regional lots, and Interserve has been appointed to all five regions.

The aim of the framework is to speed up delivery of residential and mixed-use developments on public sector land as part of the UK government’s plan to increase housing provision through private sector involvement.

As part of the framework, public sector bodies including central government and local authorities, will be able to seek advice from Interserve at the earliest stages of a project, subsequently working closely with delivery panel members to develop housing-led sites and associated infrastructure.

Gordon Kew, Managing Director at Interserve, said: “Our success in winning a place on this framework highlights our ability to deliver complex projects for our customers. We look forward to advising panel users from the very start of their procurement journey to help solve problems, add value and ultimately deliver quality developments that achieve both time and cost savings.”

HCA has used Delivery Partner Panels for the last six years, delivering 45,000 homes on 250 sites. The framework is estimated to cover an £8Bn spend, which has doubled since the original £4Bn estimate, with the HCA taking on more responsibility for mixed-use tenure schemes.

DPP3 is available free of charge to a wide range of local authorities, registered providers and other public sector bodies including central government departments, NHS Trusts and educational establishments to help them streamline their procurement process. By providing access to a pre-qualified list of housing developers, the panel makes procurement far more efficient, delivering significant time, cost and resource savings.

HCA Chief Executive Nick Walkley said: “This autumn, the HCA will relaunch as Homes England with the ambition of creating a better housing market. We’re determined to get more homes built now and increase the rate of future development.

“So we hope as many local authorities and public bodies as possible use our improved Delivery Partner Panel to increase the pace of construction of new homes, while saving time, effort and costs.”

DPP3 will run from 31 July 2017 for a period of four years. A full list of members is available on the Delivery Partner Panel page on the HCA website.

 

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