The hydration trade body, The Water Dispenser & Hydration Association (the WHA) is urging facilities and estates managers to ensure that, when procuring water dispensers, the shortlisted suppliers are members of the WHA. The WHA’s general manager, Phillipa Atkinson-Clow, said: ...

Finance & accounting, digital, procurement and workforce services provider, NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS), has launched its second-generation Hard Facilities Management framework agreement. The second iteration of the organisation’s highly successful framework is designed to respond to the need within the ...

National framework provider, Pagabo, has launched its latest procurement offering – its Soft Facilities Management Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) – which has an anticipated full-term value of £100 million. The DPS provides a compliant procurement system for a wide range ...

Ten years on from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the London Legacy Development Corporation has started the process to relet contracts for the operation and maintenance of its venues and parklands. The contracts, worth more than £40 million, ...

The Sustainable Facilities Management Index (SFMI) has released an update to its report Sustainable Procurement in FM : The way forward, which outlines the ambition for the future of sustainable procurement in FM and the key criteria that will help ...

National framework provider Pagabo has released an eight-part podcast series all about The Construction Playbook, created in partnership with The Open University. The partnership formed between the organisations was established through a shared passion for advancing education and offering a ...

The built environment climate tech firm has been named as a supplier on Crown Commercial Service’s (CCS) SPARK and HELGA frameworks, which help the public sector to achieve maximum commercial value when procuring goods and services.Through the SPARK framework, IES ...

The Government Property Agency (GPA) has launched a competition to appoint a new strategic partner for property and financial services. The new property partner contract, which will be procured via the Crown Commercial Services Estates Management Services framework (RM 6168),  ...

Derwent fm has become an approved supplier on the Everything FM framework; a compliant and flexible solution that enables the delivery of a broad range of FM services to public sector, devolved administrations and third sector entities. Everything FM’s innovative ...

Following a competitive tender process, procurement organisation and social enterprise Fusion21 has named the suppliers appointed to its national Decarbonisation Framework, worth up to £750 million. Fifty specialist firms – including SMEs and multinational suppliers, have been awarded a place ...