In the latest milestone in the transformation of public sector procurement, local authorities and social housing providers across London, South East England and the Midlands are set to benefit from the Gold Standard verification of LHC.
We are proud to announce that LHCPG has achieved Gold Standard verification via the Constructing Excellence Constructing the Gold Standard Verification Scheme.
The government’s recent announcement of a delay in implementing the new Procurement Act has sparked mixed reactions across the public sector. At LHC we are confident that this extra time will allow the market to achieve the full benefits that the Act is seeking to introduce.
On 16th May, LHC Procurement Group had the pleasure of sponsoring and attending the UK National GO Awards at the Titanic Hotel, Liverpool. As well as sponsoring the Social Value award category, LHC’s Regional Procurement Manager for London and the South East, Paul Smith, also had the honour of serving as a judge on this year’s panel and was extremely impressed by the innovative and impactful projects presented.
A new framework to support the retrofit and decarbonisation of the UK’s 6.1 million social homes and public sector buildings has opened for applications from the 29th of April. LHC Procurement Group (LHC) is seeking consultants and specialists in energy efficiency, heating and ventilation, renewables, charging points, and solar PV, for its new Retrofit and Decarbonisation (N9) framework.
As part of its continued social value offer, LHC works with our partner Locality to distribute funds from our Community Benefit Fund in London and the Southeast. For the new year, we are pleased to announce a fresh cohort of new grantees across Brent, Hackney, Hillingdon, Buckinghamshire, Lambeth, and Haringey. The successful projects are all delivering exciting outcomes for young people.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s decision to push back the deadlines for key energy efficiency policies, including allowing existing fossil fuel heating systems to be used in certain homes for almost an additional decade, has been roundly criticised as undermining the UK’s ability to reach net zero by 2050.
Specialist contractors are being sought to help influence a multi-million-pound framework dedicated to tackling the energy-efficient retrofit and decarbonisation of Great Britain’s public sector buildings and social housing stock.
47 companies have been awarded places on not-for-profit public sector construction framework provider LHC Procurement Group’s (LHC) Asset Safety and Compliance (ASC1) framework, which is now live.
Following changes to its board and company structure in April this year, the not-for-profit public sector construction framework provider has announced a change to its senior leadership team, appointing Jennifer Castle as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO).
