Pictured: Alan Coole

Scape, the Nottingham based organisation that's at the forefront of driving down public sector building procurement costs, has just launched its latest framework to help organisations across the East Midlands access design and technical services more quickly and efficiently.   

With estimates showing that at least *£25bn is wasted by the public sector through badly organised procurement and outsourcing each year, there's never been more of a demand for Scape's services. These are designed to help public sector organisations, who are planning a new build or renovation project or require property management support, to buy in services without having to go through a costly and time consuming procurement process. 

Scape's new Design and Technical Services Framework, which has taken 12 months to develop, covers the full spectrum of specialist industry support needed on all aspects of portfolio management, maintenance and development. It includes architectural design, structural engineering, quantity surveying, planning consultancy and ground works investigations. A total of 26 local providers have now been appointed to the framework following a competitive tender process that evaluated price, quality, performance and service innovation. 

Many local authorities, such as Derby City Council and Derbyshire County Councils have already used the framework, and it is anticipated that more public bodies will access it over the coming months as budget pressures increase and cost savings are sought.    

Alan Coole, Development Director at Scape, said: "We've introduced this new framework into our suite of products to ensure that construction industry expertise is accessible and is cost effective for local authorities and public bodies across the region. At a time when more needs to be delivered for less, we believe that Scape offers a unique way of enabling organisations save money on new build, refurbishment and retrofit development schemes. This framework is just another route through which our clients can ensure value for money, greater economies of scale and sector expertise in the delivery of a whole range of property development projects for schools, town halls, leisure or community buildings, police and fire stations."

Stuart Bates, Director at the Nottingham Office of WT Partnership, said: "We're delighted to be working with Scape and see this as a great opportunity to help the public sector buy in quality assured industry services at a better price for the taxpayer. As a well established company with relevant sector expertise, we look forward to delivering our comprehensive range of construction cost and project management services for many organisations in the East Midlands."

Scape is a local authority controlled company which operates a number of frameworks and services to bring economy and efficiency to the whole building process through standardised designs and strategic procurement arrangements. 

*Source Institute of Directors (IoD) 2010