CHIC member Fairhive Homes, a Buckinghamshire based housing provider, needed to commission a comprehensive asbestos survey and removal programme across its properties. To meet this need, they procured Pennington Choices for surveys and Rhodar Industrial Services for asbestos removal through CHIC. The project was to be implemented to be delivered over a three year period […]
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At CHIC, our partnerships team work closely with our supply chain partners to ensure that contractors and registered providers can collaborate effectively to deliver high quality housing. In this case study, Christian Standage, Bid Director at Galliford Try reflects on his experience with onboarding onto CHIC’s Newbuild Framework, demonstrating how it has enabled them to
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Fire Alarm, Fire Detectors and CCTV Maintenance Contract Cardinal Newman College in Preston, Lancashire, faced an urgent need for service and maintenance of their fire alarm equipment. They approached CHIC to find a swift and effective solution. Given the urgency, CHIC determined that a Direct Award was the best approach. Churches Fire Security, the current
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This multi-measure decarbonisation scheme is being delivered on behalf of one of CHIC’s members, Citizen for 653 of their customers’ homes in Coventry Worth around £18 million and funded by the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund Wave 2.1, it follows the successful completion of an earlier scheme. The latest scheme aims to improve the energy efficiency
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Saxon Weald contacted CHIC to assist with a large-scale procurement need for their Grounds & Tree Maintenance project, for all their housing stock. This exercise saw the sites split into five Lots, four for grounds maintenance and one for trees, with the possibility of a different contractor winning each Lot. CHIC vetted all the interested
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Ventro Awarded £1.2m Fire Safety Contract via CHIC Framework for North London Borough Ventro was awarded an important contract for Fire Compartmentation and Fire Safety improvement works for a registered housing provider in North London. The member chose to utilise the CHIC Fire Spread Prevention Framework for this work, which provided an efficient procurement route
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Camphill Village Trust contacted CHIC regarding an urgent requirement for Stock Conditioning Surveys. The project requirements were reviewed and CHIC proposed solutions to the member. Camphill Village Trust decided to utilise the Consultancy Services Lot 5 Housing and Asset Management Framework and the Direct Award solution. A contract was put in place swiftly, supported by
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Platform Housing Group, one of our founder members, had a major requirement to procure repairs and capital investment programme contracts. These contracts were to run across their stock, which encompasses the whole of central England. To undertake this procurement, Platform required support from a trusted framework provider who could understand their sector and requirements. Following
CHIC places great importance on its social value activities, which are featured within each Annual Report. For 2019/20 it is pleasing to report that CHIC recruited 22 apprentices from harder to reach groups, such as NEETS (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) and long-term unemployed. We achieved an impressive retention rate of 81.4%. One of
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Shropshire Housing Group (SHG), now part of the Connexus Group following a merger with Hereford Housing Limited, has been a member of CHIC since its inception in 2010. They have been a strong supporter of consortia collaboration for the creation of savings and efficiencies in the social housing market. SHG is a rural housing association,
CHIC’s charity delivering Social Value through
collaborative asset management and procurement
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