Procurement usually gets the blame when innovation is blocked in social housing. Public-sector buying teams, with all their perceived rules and regulations, are branded as spend controllers, not disruption enablers. I’ve worked in housing procurement for nearly ten years so I recognise this label only too well. Sometimes it is justified (rigid public procurement laws…
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PfH’s ‘disruptive’ technology suppliers
Procurement for Housing (PfH) has announced that 21 technology suppliers have been chosen for its third annual social housing emerging disruptors (SHED) framework which enables housing providers and local authorities to compliantly buy innovative services from technology start-ups and micro-businesses. In conjunction with the Proptech Innovation Network, PfH created its disruptors’ framework with simple, SME-friendly…
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Monmouthshire Housing integrates electronic payments with PfH & Allpay
Time-consuming billing processes have been replaced with a more efficient system at Monmouthshire Housing now that it’s using Procurement for Housing’s electronic payment services agreement via Allpay. Monmouthshire Housing had previously used a paper-based system, with its staff posting direct debit mandates to tenants and manually submitting payments to the bank. Every year, the housing…
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A new approach to repairs – Data aggregation and mapping
I once worked with a housing provider that had a mystery problem. The number of tenant complaints it received suddenly shot up. Every week more people grumbled about their home. Some reported wet walls and window condensation, others talked about damaged furniture and a few tenants said they were having breathing difficulties. Operatives were dispatched,…
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A day in the life… Procurement for Housing
I’m more of an early morning person, so my day starts around 6am when I make a quick coffee and leave my home in Lancashire. Depending on my schedule, I’ll either turn left and drive to our office in Manchester where our software development team is based – they are the ‘techies’ working on the…
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Management information for procurement
As procurement comes under increasing scrutiny, Procurement for Housing’s strategic procurement manager, Rob Peck, asks if CIOs are providing the necessary management information to drive business efficiencies. A major challenge for many CIOs is providing senior managers with the management information they need to make business decisions. This is particularly so when it comes to…
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