What do our Members think of Consortium Procurement?
"Calico Housing Ltd used the services of the NHC procurement services to assist re-procure our monitoring contract through the PASA framework.
The service provided was excellent and the process was dealt with in a highly professional and friendly manner. We would not hesitate to use the NHC for future re-procurement."
"Working with the Northern Housing Consortium has ensured Leeds City Council Care Ring have been able to make informed choices for best value maintenance contracts. The staff at the Consortium are a source of expert impartial advice and give continuous support to our rapidly changing business area".
Pam Cawthrow, Care Ring Response Centre Manager, Leeds City Council
"Everybody I've spoken to has been very happy about the decrease in price and increase in cover , and I am currently inundated with letters requesting the accidental damage cover!"
Gavin Hardcroft, Rent Accounting Officer, Twin Valley Homes
"We were aware that the Northern Housing Consortium worked in partnership with allpay.net and met with a member of the Consortium Procurement team to
establish
how we could introduce the allpay option as quickly and efficiently as possible. It soon became apparent that all of the groundwork had been covered by the procurement team and their assistance was a massive help and timesaver.
The whole process was surprisingly pain free and in April 2008 , our first batch of payments was received."
Chris Brennan, Rents Income Manager, Housing Pendle
"By using the Consortium Procurement framework for our Choice-Based Letting system , our sub-regional group has saved on the considerable time and resources that we would have had to invest in conducting our own procurement process via the OJEU. This has enabled the group to concentrate on developing the best possible CBL system for our customers at a much earlier stage in our project."
Eddie Gibson
,
Procurement Officer
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on behalf of Greater Haven Gateway Housing Partnership
"Throughout the procurement process and eventual contract award , NHC's commitment to our project has been second to none with a dedicated officer always on hand to drive the programme forward , prepare contract documents and attend meetings all in an impeccably professional & committed manner.
Our choice to procure the Digital TV upgrades through the NHC has produced a raft of efficiency savings of which the reduction of overall procurement timescales has been the most prevalent".
Scott Duffield, Senior Procurement Coordinator, St Leger Homes of Doncaster
As a smaller RSL Sadeh Lok has been pleased to work with the NHC to assist in overcoming capacity and volume issues and in doing so have realised good cost efficiencies on previous contract costs.
Having a dedicated point of contact at the NHC has been a big help and the overall experience means we look forward to continuing to work with the NHC in the future.
Hussain Brook, Director of Housing, Sadeh Lok
"I am delighted that we have appointed the Northern Housing Consortium to help us deliver on time and budget to the high standards that we demand on behalf of our tenants and leaseholders."
Roy Williams, Chief Executive, One Vision Housing