Compliance
Our Compliance frameworks are clever, agile and really embrace building safety.
Our Compliance frameworks are clever, agile and really embrace building safety.
Asbestos inspections & testing
Water hygiene risk assessments
Fire safety frameworks
Heating & water hygiene
Frameworks that connect you with experienced consultants ready to support your projects.
Asset & development consultancy
Compliance consultancy
We've a number of frameworks to support your development projects.
Our framework covers fully managed, secure, flexible and auditable electronic payment services.
We've two frameworks that can help with your facilities management.
Our repairs and maintenance frameworks support all aspects of your asset management strategies.
Internal & external building works
Frameworks to help you design, deliver and maintain whole-house energy efficiency measures.
Mechanical ventilation
Domestic air source heat pumps
Communal air source heat pumps
Domestic ground source heat pumps
They're specifically designed to support housing providers – and cover consultancy, refurbishment, compliance, zero carbon, facilities and new build projects. When using our frameworks we’ll support you with advice along every stage of the process.
Did you know? You can use our frameworks and comply with your Section 20 requirements. We've put some guidance together for you here: Section 20 Advice.
Publicly funded bodies must abide by UK procurement law when spending money on goods and services. This ensures public money is spent transparently and fairly. A procurement framework is one way in which organisations can comply with these regulations. We’ve compiled a list of FAQs below to help you understand frameworks and how our sector uses them.
It’s an arrangement where an organisation (in our case SEC) identifies a shortlist of suppliers who are able to deliver certain works or services. When we set up a framework we will design the specification and check suppliers for quality, price and financial standing. The highest scoring suppliers are then awarded to the final framework.
Once the framework is awarded it’s live for four years. No new suppliers can join the framework during that time. Once it's live customers are able to “call-off” individual contracts from the framework.
Any publicly funded body can use our framework – this includes housing associations, local authorities, universities and NHS bodies.
When using one of our frameworks:
You're able to direct award to any supplier (regardless of ranking), providing that you have a sufficient reason for going outside the ranking process. For all of our frameworks you're also able to direct award to the top-ranked supplier if there is no justification.
How long will this take me?
Approximately 3-4 weeks depending on your internal approval processes.
Note on Dynamic Purchasing Systems / Dynamic Markets
You're unable to Direct Award through our DPS's. All call-off contracts must be made via a further competition from the DPS - SEC will manage this for you.
You’re also able to run a mini-competition to call-off our frameworks. This way you can use your own specification and cost model. You can also choose your own cost / quality split and quality questions. All pricing submitted by contractors must be linked to the framework.
How long will this take me?
Approximately 6-8 weeks depending on your internal approval processes.
Note on Dynamic Purchasing Systems / Dynamic Markets
Mini-competitions from our DPS's are called "further competitions" - this is due to the procurement regulations.
Yes – all of our frameworks are free to access. A levy % dependant on whether you are a Guest or a Member is collected directly from the contractor once a contract is awarded. This percentage will never be more that 1.5% for Members and 2% for Guests.
Yes – you can use our frameworks if Section 20 applies to your contact. Please see the guidance below and contact us if you need further advice – Section 20 Advice.
Our frameworks that cover construction works and services are designed to support contracts with a value of £25,000 and upwards (not including VAT). This matches with public procurement thresholds and means that you’re getting the best value out of your project.
If you’d like support procuring a contract that is worth less than £25,000 we offer a bespoke procurement option. We can help with your tender documents and then administer the tender locally which should provide a better outcome for you.
Please note – this does not apply to our consultancy frameworks. They are designed to support contracts with a lower spend given the nature of the services.
