Past Event

Contractor Framework Selection: Don’t Get Caught Out

Date:

25th April 2024

Time:

12pm-1pm

Location:

Online

About the Event

Are you embarking on a public sector project and about to appoint a contractor? Don’t make a move without attending our next CPD accredited Lunch & Learn event, Contractor Framework Selection: Don’t Get Caught Out. Join us online on April 25th 2024, from 12pm-1pm, as Framework Director Faye Dolan unravels the risks associated with overlooking your options in the contractor selection process.

In the fast-paced world of public sector projects, the stakes are high. Choosing the right contractor can be the difference between success and unforeseen challenges. Our expert-led CPD-accredited session will delve into the top tips to master the selection process, and the critical aspects that could save you from potential pitfalls:

The Agenda

Framework vs. Open Tender:

Discover the strategic pros and cons of framework vs open tender processes. Learn how a framework can streamline the selection process, ensuring efficiency and quality outcomes.

Contractor Compliance:

Gain insights into the pivotal role of ensuring contractors adhere to compliance standards, and what you should look out for when assessing a contractor’s compliance. Identify the risks associated with non-compliance and how to safeguard your project.

Tender Support Provided by a Framework Partner:

Explore the invaluable support a Framework partner can offer during the tendering process. Learn how to leverage Frameworks to enhance your tender and attract contractors.

Commercial Protection and Safeguarding:

Delve into the protective mechanisms offered by Frameworks in the commercial landscape. Learn how you can mitigate financial risks associated with tenders.

Contractor Performance Monitoring:

Understand how you can protect your projects after procurement through robust performance monitoring and evaluation. Equip yourself with tools to ensure contractor accountability and project success.

Our qualified team is ready and always available, helping you anytime, anywhere.

We offer free procurement advice for public sector clients. Get in touch with our specialist and helpful team today. 

Quicker Procurement
Timeframes

Access to pre-qualified and continuously vetted contractors and consultants allows framework users to reach market within 4–6 weeks (construction) and 2–4 weeks (professional services), which is 2–3 months faster than an open tender. This is one of the fastest compliant routes to market available in the public sector.

Faye Dolan

Framework Director

Real-Time Performance And Compliance Oversight

A free project management platform is provided to framework users to support performance monitoring, risk management, and dispute resolution. The platform enables real-time oversight of financial status, compliance, KPIs, and supply chain health, producing auditable dashboards to support governance and early risk identification.

Faye Dolan

Framework Director

Exceptional Social Value And Sustainability Impact

We mandate a minimum of 12% social value add on every project, with our contractor partners achieving an average of 62% social value add. By providing the right tools and expertise, we ensure social value is embedded in every procurement, helping you build better futures for your people, spaces and places.

Faye Dolan

Framework Director

Commercial, Contractual, & Technical Flexibility

We can advise on the right call off and contract option for your project. With up to 8 forms of contract to choose from, we can also support with suggesting amendments, sense checking cost plans, and much more.

Financial Due-Dilligence

As part of our financial due diligence checks, we actively monitor supplier payment practices.

Using fair payment as a KPI, we track that suppliers are paying invoices within 30 days, helping to identify potential solvency issues or payment delays early.

 

The Procurement Policy Note 018 (PPN 018) requires suppliers to pay 95% of invoices within 60 days (90% with an action plan), our approach safeguards programme continuity and ensures invoices are paid within 30 days, a month ahead of the national policy expectations. 

Regular Auditing

At Procure Partnerships Framework, performance management is embedded at both project and framework level, with pre-established KPIs spanning Cost, Time, Health & Safety, Sustainability, Fair Payment, and Client Satisfaction. Contractors report monthly via a secure cloud-based platform, providing real-time data across all live projects. This continuous monitoring allows us to identify emerging risks early, intervene proactively, and ensure that corrective action is applied consistently across the portfolio.

Social Value is Contractual

We mandate a minimum of 12% social value add on every project, with our contractor partners achieving an average of 62% social value add. Contractors are permitted to report on social value monthly, with all evidence being verified by a Social Value Advisor. Quarterly audits are also undertaken to push social value performance and celebrate successes. Find out more about our social value offering.

Jack Neath

Social Value Advisor

Strict Performance Standards

The framework enforces rigorous performance standards, with all KPIs benchmarked against an 80% threshold. Metrics like cost variance, programme adherence, and accident-free weeks provide quantitative insight, while client satisfaction surveys capture qualitative feedback. In addition, we mandate that pre-construction remains transparent and open book, ensuring contractors provide a minimum of 3 quotes on all packages.

Accountability

Social value is not an afterthought, but a contractual requirement across every framework project. We mandate a minimum of 12% social value add (SVA) on all projects, though our contractor partners consistently exceed this, delivering an average of 62% SVA, equating to £144.7 million in the last year alone.

Jack Neath

Social Value Advisor

Expert Advice

Your dedicated Social Value Advisor works closely with contractors and clients to shape bespoke, strategic social value plans that align with your local priorities. 

Jack Neath

Social Value Advisor

Real-Time Dashboards

The Procurement Act and the updated PPN 002 guidance mandates procurement authorities to set and publish at least three Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for all contracts over £5 million. Through our free, secure software, clients can easily monitor social value KPIs in real-time across the project lifecycle.

Jack Neath

Social Value Advisor

Auditing and Reporting

Every social value outcome is evidence-checked and tracked monthly using a free, centralised software, which provides transparency, accountability and robust performance data at every stage of the project lifecycle. 

Jack Neath

Social Value Advisor