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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), is aligned to the GPA’s current and future needs and will deliver improved tax-payer value, enhanced satisfaction across GPA’s clients and social value.
Service requirements include outstanding client satisfaction, high quality data provision, a commitment to net zero and improvements in corporate real estate management. The new strategic supplier will be a partner in GPA’s continued growth and will deliver high quality property and financial management services.
The contract will be for an initial three-year term, with the option to extend for up to an additional four years.
Alan Whitelaw, Property Director at the GPA said: “We have taken lessons learnt from our previous contracts as well as feedback from the market to improve how we procure services.
“We want to attract best-in-class service providers to ensure we continue to deliver a transformed, shared, sustainable and value for money government estate which supports civil servants to work productively in every nation and region of the UK.”
The GPA is an Executive Agency of the Cabinet Office, and is the delivery body of the Government’s property strategy for its office and warehouse portfolios. It plays a crucial role in delivering the property elements of the Government’s Levelling Up agenda, Net Zero initiative and the Civil Service Reform. This includes its Whitehall Campus, Government Hubs and Smarter Working programmes.
FMJ in conjunction with Grundon Waste Management have launched the 2022 survey into how FMs approach their waste management and recycling responsibilities.
It’s the fifth year for the annual appraisal, and as we return to normal, there is a real opportunity for FMs to reappraise their waste and recycling operations and look at new, smarter waste management strategies.
In order to understand how FMs have navigated their way through the last year and their plans for meeting stringent waste and recycling targets we’ve posed a series of questions which include insights into FMs’ waste management strategy and targets, such as zero waste and landfill, the types of waste organisations produce and what helps FMs promote waste management in their organisations?
Please share your experiences and opinions on waste management. The survey will take just five minutes to complete, and as a thank you for taking part, respondents will be entered into a prize draw to win a £150 Amazon gift card.
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