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The Consultancy Services (CS1) framework will enable public sector procurement teams to source a range of consultancy services – including architecture, civil and structural engineering and mechanical, electrical and plumbing – from trusted suppliers already recognised for their specialist expertise.

Specialist contractors can now apply to join a new £1.2bn framework to deliver offsite- constructed homes that will provide thousands of homes to benefit communities across the UK.

The PVC-U and Timber Windows and Doors Framework (WD2) covers manufacture, supply and installation of PVC-U, timber and aluminium-clad windows and doors to local authorities, social landlords and other public sector bodies.

Not-for-profit framework provider Consortium Procurement Construction (CPC), based in Leeds, has appointed a new Regional Director to lead the business in delivering procurement of significant construction programmes across the North and Midlands.

Not-for-profit framework provider LHC has named its new Board and interim Group Director as part of a governance review to support the organisation’s future growth.

Clive Feeney steps in as interim Group Director from July 18 following a 12-year career at LHC, while chartered HR professional Mandy Clark is now Vice Chair of the Board.

Not-for-profit framework provider LHC has announced Peter Quinn as its new chair – the first in a series of new appointments to the LHC board.

Part of a major governance review to support future growth at LHC, he arrives with more than 30 years in leadership positions in the housing sector.

Housing and public sector procurement specialists identify low carbon new homes, major retrofit programmes and an increased use of regional and local supply chains as major catalysts to effective levelling up across England, in a new report from LHC Group.  

With a new framework provider required midway through New College Durham’s ambitious Institute of Technology (IoT) refurbishment and new build, LHC Consortium Procurement Construction (CPC) stepped in to provide an efficient, reliable service to ensure timely handover for teaching.

Nationwide kitchen manufacturers and suppliers can from today apply to be part of a new four-year framework estimated at £20m for public sector projects.

At the end of last year, Professor David Mosey published his independent review of public sector construction frameworks, titled ‘Constructing the Gold Standard’, on behalf of the Cabinet Office.

The review was commissioned following the publication of the Construction Playbook which sets out key policies and guidance on how public works projects and programmes are assessed, procured and delivered.