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,
Rooftop Housing Association sought the support from CHIC for the redevelopment of specific garage sites in Evesham, West Midlands. They were suffering low demand and varying levels of disrepair across 5x 1 bed houses and 1x 1 bed bungalow. Rooftop wanted a modular solution to minimise disruption of the surrounding environment and residents. They were
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