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Canary Wharf Group
Procurement policyThe east London Canary Wharf development carries out its own construction management, with an in-house team of about 600 people.Most of this work is put out to competitive tender, and the company does have loose partnerships with some companies. It also has a preferred list of suppliers but will ...
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Capital Shopping Centres
Procurement policyThe form of contract used for a Capital Shopping Centre (CSC) project varies depending on the scheme. The company generally uses competitive tender contracts, although it has used design-and-build and fixed price contracts. On a few occasions, including its Braehead project in Glasgow (see below), it has used strategic ...
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Chelsfield
Procurement policyOn major projects, Chelsfield tends to adopt a two-stage modified JCT contract with an element of competition to establish overhead and profit margins and preliminary costs. Some of the key issues it considers at this stage are the contractors' approach to the project, and their willingness to work in ...
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Debenhams
Procurement policyAll work is competitively tendered using a limited number of suppliers. For new-build, some seven contractors are used and store modifications are carried out by nine or 10 contractors. This list of suppliers is reviewed continually.Current and future projectsDebenhams' capital investment programme increased slightly in the financial year to ...
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Defence Estates
Procurement policyDefence Estates' preferred procurement routes are prime contracting and PFI. Prime contracting entails the supplier taking overall responsibility for the management and delivery of the project to agreed specifications. As well as meeting cost requirements, the prime contractor is responsible for all aspects of the job. In line with ...
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Dwr Cymru – Welsh Water
Procurement policyWelsh Water has implemented a new procurement policy, using specialist providers for the day-to-day operation of assets and much of the delivery of the capital programme. All contracts are actively managed against key performance indicators. United Utilities won the contract for the day-to-day operation of water and sewerage assets.The ...
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English Partnerships
Procurement policyEnglish Partnerships uses competitive tendering for the purchase of all construction services. For works packages between £25,000 and the EU threshold, currently slightly more than £3.8m, a minimum of three formal competitive tenders will be used. Generally, four or five tenders will be invited. If procurement is via a ...
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Hammerson
Procurement policyFor large schemes, generally of more than £20m, Hammerson uses a two-stage bidding process. It will invite a few major contractors to work with its designers to develop the scheme and select one of them based on issues such as preliminary costs and overheads. When the design is 80% ...
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Helical Bar
Procurement policyHelical Bar uses a negotiated form of contract for some schemes and will competitively tender others.The contractors used for negotiated contracts are those the company has worked with previously and whose performance has met its standards.Current and future projectsIn the past 10 years, Helical Bar has completed development programmes ...
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Her Majesty's Prison Service
Procurement policyPFI is forming a key plank of HM Prison Service's procurement of new prisons. Projects let under the PFI are on a competitive tender basis with a shortlist of suppliers, which are usually a consortium of companies providing bids to meet given output performance specifications. These will cover all ...
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Highways Agency
Procurement policy The Highways Agency uses four procurement routes for its construction work. All routine and winter maintenance work is let under 20 regional or area framework agreements. These will be reduced to 14 over the next few years. Nine of these term contracts are managing agent contracts (MACs). Some ...
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Hilton Group
Procurement policyThe Hilton Group's preferred procurement route varies depending on the project. The company has used competitive tendering as well as framework agreements for different schemes.Current and future projectsHilton Group experienced a sharp fall in investment in the year to December 2001. Total capital expenditure fell from almost £500m to ...
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Innogy Holdings
Procurement policyInnogy uses several different procurement routes depending on the project. Large power stations, such as the Staythorpe plant which is currently on hold, are planned to be let under a turnkey contract. For smaller power projects, the company appoints consultants that let the contract, most likely on a competitive ...
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Kingfisher
Procurement policyKingfisher procures construction work through Chartwell Land, the group's specialist retail property division, or directly as in the case of B&Q. Almost all work is procured by competitive tender.Current and future projectsAs of end of 2001, the restructured Kingfisher Group comprised just B&Q and Comet, the number one in ...
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Land Securities
Procurement policyLand Securities works with a number of consultants, main contractors and subcontractors. Selection is dependent upon the size, value, complexity and location of the scheme. Over the years, Land Securities has built up a working relationship with several organisations that are employed on a regular basis. The procurement strategy ...
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London Underground
Procurement policyThe public-private partnership contract between Tube Lines and London Underground has finally been signed after considerable delay, so the consortium will take over Infraco JNP, giving it responsibility for the procurement of new work and the maintenance of the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly Lines. Metronet, the consortium that will ...
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Manchester City Council
Procurement policyManchester City Council uses five procurement methods, which vary depending on a project's complexity and value. Methods include design-and-build, two-stage tendering, standard JCT forms of contract, construction management contracts and PFI.All projects worth more than £3.5m are advertised in the European Union's Official Journal, and the council will invite ...
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Marks & Spencer
Procurement policyMarks & Spencer uses a list of preferred contractors for its construction programme. The list consists of about 30 firms that have pre-qualified based on, among other factors, their health and safety records, financial standing and experience of similar work. As projects arise, they are put out to tender ...
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MEPC
Procurement policyMEPC uses the procurement route best suited to the needs of a project. For schemes that are well defined, it uses negotiated, lump-sum, design-and-build contracts. This route is taken for the vast majority of its work.For projects that are more difficult to define, and where there is a need ...
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MFI Furniture Group
Procurement policyWork on the new store programme is competitively tendered. An approved list of suppliers is used for the refurbishment programme, with the companies being reviewed on a regular basis. Major refurbishment projects will be tendered with prices based on agreed rates.Current and future projectsMFI has developed a new store ...