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    Carmelcrest begins construction on £8 million Heart of Greenstead regeneration project in Colchester
    Construction has commenced on the £8.06 million Heart of Greenstead Phase 1 regeneration project in Colchester, which will deliver a major transformation of local community facilities and services.
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    Danaher & Walsh Deliver Outdoor Learning Area as Part of Their Social Value Commitment
    Working alongside local partners, Danaher & Walsh transformed an underused outdoor area into a dedicated outdoor Forest School learning environment, creating an engaging natural space where children can learn, explore and develop confidence outside the traditional classroom.
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    From Site Tours to Community Spaces: Stepnell’s Recent Social Value Initiatives
    Contractor Partner Stepnell is demonstrating exactly that through a series of initiatives that are making a positive difference across the East Midlands, supporting students, local communities and those most in need alongside the delivery of live construction projects.
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    DfT Structures Fund
    The DfT Structures Fund gives local highway authorities the opportunity to secure grant funding for essential repairs and replacements to ageing infrastructure, including bridges, flyovers, tunnels, culverts and retaining walls.
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    Choosing the Right Route to Market: The Limits of Open Tendering
    Explore the limits of open tendering and why frameworks can offer public sector clients greater transparency, control and delivery confidence.
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    Wates Construction appointed to transformative South Derbyshire leisure centre and office project
    Procured through the Procure Partnerships East Midlands Framework, plans for a major new leisure and office development in Swadlincote have taken another step forward as the primary construction partner is appointed to deliver the scheme.
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    Black Capital Group achieves B Corp Certification with an overall impact score of 104.6
    Black Capital Group, the holding company that powers Procure Partnerships Framework, has officially become a Certified B Corporation after achieving an overall B Impact Score of 104.6.
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    How Airedale is Tackling RAAC: Three Projects Supporting a Safer Healthcare Estate
    Across Yorkshire, NHS organisations are investing in their estates to ensure healthcare facilities remain safe, resilient and fit for future generations of patients. One of the most significant challenges facing the region is the management and remediation of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC), requiring carefully planned programmes of refurbishment, reconfiguration and estate transformation.
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    Balancing Heritage and Healthcare: The Refurbishment of Skipton Dialysis Department
    Refurbishing healthcare spaces within historic buildings often presents unique challenges, particularly when services must continue uninterrupted.

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      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.

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      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.

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      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.

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      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. 

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      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.

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      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

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      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.

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      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.

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      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. 

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      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.

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      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. 

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      Tom Woolley

      Framework Manager (East)
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      Jaime Stanton

      Framework Manager (North)
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      07956998799

      Lauren Oxland

      Framework Manager (West)
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      07399475944
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      Chris Witterick

      Framework Manager (South)
      chris@procurepartnerships.co.uk
      07523325289
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      Jordan Rhoda

      Framework Manager (Infrastructure)
      jordan@procurepartnerships.co.uk
      07507295782
      Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum.Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, and going through the cites of the word in classical literature, discovered the undoubtable source. Lorem Ipsum comes from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of “de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum” (The Extremes of Good and Evil) by Cicero, written in 45 BC. This book is a treatise on the theory of ethics, very popular during the Renaissance. The first line of Lorem Ipsum, “Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..”, comes from a line in section 1.10.32.

      George Smith

      Project Coordinator
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      Alex Lindon

      Framework Co-ordinator (South)
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      Samuel Bulmer

      Project Co-ordinator
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      Nathan Taylor

      Project Manager (NECReg)
      nathan@procurepartnerships.co.uk
      07494060869

      Samantha Cousins

      Framework Operations Manager
      samantha@procurepartnerships.co.uk
      07507295779

      Will Cooper

      Framework Co-ordinator (Midlands)
      will@procurepartnerships.co.uk
      07507295759

      Jess Jones

      Assistant Framework Manager (North)
      jess@procurepartnerships.co.uk
      07947880562

      Andrew O’Connor

      Project Coordinator
      andrew@procurepartnerships.co.uk
      07353003462

      Jack Neath

      Social Value Advisor
      jack@procurepartnerships.co.uk
      07507295754

      Conor-Neild Crabb

      Head of Strategy
      conor@blackcapitalgroup.co.uk
      07535959563

      Steph Smith

      Finance Manager
      stephanie@blackcapitalgroup.co.uk
      07494060865

      Emily Hardy

      Head of Marketing
      emily@blackcapitalgroup.co.uk
      07494060857

      Lauren Bland

      Social Media Manager
      lauren@blackcapitalgroup.co.uk
      07958123885

      Joey Bate

      Content Marketing Manager
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      Lewis Danielsen

      Digital Marketing Executive
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      Carmelcrest begins construction on £8 million Heart of Greenstead regeneration project in Colchester Partners