This report focuses on the role of housing association procurement practice in helping to build a more efficient and effective sector. It aims to support associations and other social landlords to improve their approach to procurement, concentrating on non-development activity.
Housing associations could make further savings from procurement worth over £100 per home and achieve wider goals as well as meeting efficiency targets.
Well managed associations with appropriate skills and knowledge are most likely to improve and there are clear factors for successful procurement.
Included in this report are recommendations for:
- Housing associations
- Central government
- Housing Corporation and/or the Office of Tenants and Social Landlords
The Audit Commission will ensure that learning from the study is built into the key line of enquiry on value for money and develop tools that will enable housing associations to make more effective use of procurement.
Follow up to the report
The Audit Commission's Housing Association procurement study team have produced three separate procurement checklists - one for procurement practitioners, one for residents and another for board members. These checklists are available below.