The City of Edinburgh鈥檚 Council鈥檚 New Build Housing Framework aims to efficiently procure the construction of up to 25,000 homes. The 拢600m framework is split into two lots, with the first, 拢350m, lot split into three sub-lots, based on the size of prospective sites: one to 30 homes; 31 to 100 homes; and more than 100 homes. This structure was designed to support bids by SMEs, rather than relying on a few big contractors.
Contractors were based on quality (70% of the scoring) and cost (30%). They were also asked to commit to the council鈥檚 real living wage scheme, for both staff and sub-contractors. In sub-lot 1, for the smallest sites, winners were Fleming Buildings, A S Homes, and Campion Homes; in sub-lot 2, CCG, McTaggart 萝莉原创, Cruden Investments; and Robertson Group; in sub-lot 3, CCG, Cruden, Ogilvie 萝莉原创, and McTaggart.
Evaluations on price were made by an external cost consultant, Arcadis; quality assessments were made by members of the council鈥檚 development and regeneration team.
Housing, homelessness, and fair work convenor, Councillor Tim Pogson, said, 鈥淲e鈥檙e fully committed to addressing the housing emergency in Edinburgh, pledging a record 拢1.6bn to housebuilding in this year鈥檚 budget, helping to realise our ambition to build 25,000 new affordable homes across the city.
鈥淧rocuring the right contractors to deliver these homes can take time, so I鈥檓 pleased that Lot 1 of the New Build Housing Framework Agreement is now in place, helping to streamline the process and letting us tackle the issue at pace.
鈥淥ur procurement service鈥檚 innovative approach to the framework has opened opportunities to a broader range of contractors, including SMEs, increasing capacity for house building projects.鈥�
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