■ https://housingforum.org.uk/reports/quality-and-standards/stopping-building-failures/
Hackney Homes and Homes for Haringey (together SCMG) created a multi-client, multi-contractor framework alliance to deliver their £240 million housing improvement programme, working with Mulalley, Keepmoat, Mansell, Lakehouse, Lovell and Wates, and with a wide range of tier 2 and 3 SME supply chain members (covering 30 different disciplines) under a standardised system of costing and long-term engagement.
The agreed procurement route combined Two Stage Open Book with ESI through strategic Supply Chain Collaboration. The contractors were selected to join multi-party framework alliance contracts which incorporated contractual processes for joint working with tier 2 and 3 supply chain members. Through these systems the SCMG clients and tier 1 suppliers worked with local SMEs and national manufacturers including Veka, Bauder, Sovereign and Birchcroft as integrated teams who together delivered cost savings, improved employment and skills outputs, extended warranties and more sustainable solutions across the framework portfolio.
ESI through strategic Supply Chain Collaboration led to agreed efficiency savings of 16% and qualitative benefits that included:
■ Transparent and shared development of standard specifications and basket rates, leading to more efficient pricing and better value
■ Supply chain innovations in proposed new materials and development of specifications, such as future-proofing green roofs at no additional cost and upgrading windows from Grade C to Grade A at no additional cost
■ Improved quality control through manufacturers' attendance on site
■ Exchanges of improved practices between specialist supply chain members
■ Extended warranties above industry standards and managed by supply chain specialists, such as windows warranted for 30 years
■ Improved repairs and maintenance through, for example, self-cleaning glass on high-rise blocks
■ Time savings through quicker build-up of prices leading to earlier start on site
■ Employment and skills opportunities such as 46 new apprenticeships over the first 18 months of the Hackney programme.