Fusion21 and Northern Housing Consortium are jointly putting in place a 4 year non binding framework agreement for the provision of lift maintenance and refurbishment of passenger lifts and domestic lifts at properties owned or managed by current and future clients and procurement partners of Fusion21 and.

Northern Housing Consortium. These will include.

ALMOs, Local Authorities and RSLs as well as other public sector bodies. Please refer to the following websites for a full list of RSLs and Local Authorities www.tenantserviceauthority.org or www.direct.gov.uk/en/DI1/Directories/Localcouncils/in dex.htm. Organisations can be located throughout the.

UK including England, Scotland, Wales and Northern.

Ireland.

The work will be split into LOTs for service and maintenance and refurbishment and replacement.

There will also be a requirement for a lift Consultant. It is the intention of Fusion21 to split the available work into packages and geographical regions to ensure services are provided as locally as possible.

Fusion21 is a Social Enterprise which promotes collaboration to save money and create jobs. We improve lives and communities through our approach to procurement, training and employment. We work by collaborating with clients, residents, contractors and suppliers delivering a wide range of planned maintenance programmes, skills training courses and commissioned consultancy projects.

Since 2002 when Fusion21 began they have gained national recognition to their approach to collaborative procurement, training and employment.

1000s of Merseyside residents achieving NVQs in key construction skills

799 permanent jobs created

45m GBP delivered in efficiency savings

22m GBP estimated financial benefit to Merseyside boroughs

Housing Corporation Gold award for Innovation in.

Procurement 2006.

Women in Construction Award 2009 Lifetime.

Achievement Award.

Investing in Skills, HCA AWard 2010.

The Northern Housing Consortium is a not for distributed profit, Membership Organisation providing policy representation and information as well as procurement and practice services to improve efficiencies to its Members. Further information can be found at www.northern-consortium.org.uk.

The goal of the purchasing consortia and any other purchasing consortia wishing to take part is to deliver greater benefits to Members and to, more efficiently, develop stronger market offers that promote sustainability through a "triple bottom line" that drives social, economic and environmental outcomes from its activities.

The PQQ can be found at the following link: http://tinyurl.com/3bk3h34

Note: The award of the Framework Agreement will not constitute any guarantee of work. Current Fusion21 members own over 135000 properties throughout the UK with current client base in excess of 200 000 properties.