The Scottish Procurement Alliance has launched a new framework aimed at speeding up housing delivery and regeneration work across Scotland, as councils and housing providers wrestle with rising demand and continuing pressure to bring more homes into use.
The new H3, short for Housing, Regeneration and Demolition, expands the alliance’s earlier model into a broader procurement route covering the full lifecycle of a housing project. According to the Scottish Procurement All...
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iance, the framework is intended to support site preparation, remediation, new-build construction, demolition and wider estate regeneration, giving public bodies a faster and more compliant way to appoint contractors.
The alliance says the framework is designed to respond to Scotland’s housing emergency and to help deliver national ambitions, including the target to provide 110,000 affordable homes by 2032, with at least 70% for social rent. It also points to the need for homes that meet higher sustainability standards, including the Scottish Passive House equivalent benchmark and the decarbonisation of heat.
Lesley Peaty, regional director of the Scottish Procurement Alliance, said the new framework reflects the scale and complexity of the challenge facing the sector. She said H3 was built to give partners a flexible route to market that covers everything from preparing land and clearing derelict properties to regeneration and new homes, while also creating opportunities for small and medium-sized firms.
The framework is also being positioned as a tool for wider economic benefit. The alliance says it has built in dedicated space for SMEs, in line with the Community Wealth Building Act, so that smaller contractors can play a greater role in public housing and regeneration work.
Contract details published on public procurement portals show the framework is being established as a multi-supplier agreement for housing, regeneration, demolition, remediation and enabling works across the UK, with an estimated value of £1.25bn. It is also intended to cover residential developments, retrofit, defence housing and secure environment projects.
The move comes as public bodies look for procurement methods that can reduce delays while still meeting statutory and funding requirements. The Scottish Procurement Alliance says the framework is open to organisations seeking a place on it through its procurement documents and application portal.
Source: Noah Wire Services
