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By Ashley Cox
St. Helen’s College is one of north-west England’s largest FE colleges, with four campuses across Merseyside’s rugby league heartlands and nearby Knowsley village.
With over 20 years of CPC membership, the college is among the 10,000+ institutions able to employ our frameworks, with the successful use of CPC’s Contracting services leading to additional co-operation on tendering objectives. As previously highlighted here, our CPC Contracting team had worked with the college to complete a tendering project on their behalf and work continued under the auspices of Crescent Consultancy On Demand, who conducted a compliant procurement process across their estate.
As part of this, On Demand facilitated the compliant procurement of lift servicing provision and maintenance, heating, ventilation and air conditioning servicing/maintenance and fire alarm servicing/maintenance. Running open and mini competitions for the college, CPC’s On Demand colleagues were able to provide a complete, end-to-end service.
In terms of our strategy, On Demand supplied the college with an appropriate amount of support, including online meetings, site visits and presentations. Recommendations were provided by the team concerning award criteria, weightings and timetable, to ensure that this process could successfully meet the FE institution's established deadlines.
Ultimately, the college completed compliant processes that resulted in suitable suppliers being appointed; providers able to deliver the college’s full requirements, for all the services tendered. Furthermore, as a result of this, a recommendation was made that may lead to further work, something the On Demand team were subsequently handling.
Born as Tenet Education Services in 1999, Crescent Consultancy is an experienced provider of procurement solutions to the education sector, with managed procurement services encompassing on-site professional staff support and off-site/remote alternatives. With its On Demand department responsible for over 300 tenders each year, our Crescent Consultancy offerings extend to spend/efficiency reviews, mentoring services and more. Click here to begin your contract tendering process with Crescent
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