Making Decent Homes a Reality

The Decent Homes programme aims to improve social housing to a reasonable standard. Although estimates vary, approximately £3 billion is being invested annually in the Decent Homes programme and some reports predict that this figure is likely to increase towards its conclusion in 2010.

The Northern Housing Consortium identified the requirement for a framework covering the supply of goods to deliver the requirements of the Decent Homes programme. This resulted in the largest collaborative public sector agreement of its type in the UK.

Consortium members collaborate in determining the specifications for each unique Reverse eAuction and buy collectively, offering large volume opportunities to suppliers under the framework.

The creation of the framework, and selection of framework partners to populate it, has been carried out by the Consortium using the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) "Open" Procedure, in accordance with the EU Procurement Directives.

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