Development

At Pennington Choices, we provide the following development services for social housing clients. While our clients include a number of established housing association and we are on development frameworks for Trent and Dove HA, Knowsley HT and Riverside HA, we have a particular niche in providing a holistic service to developing ALMO's and local authorities.

Development and regeneration agent

Carrying out site and property option appraisals
Establishing developing partnerships and agreements
Carrying out resident consultation
Dealing with planning applications
Costing and budgeting for development
Developing regeneration strategies

Developing proposals and bidding for funding

Developing detailed development proposals
Assessing development costs
Developing funding models including Prudential Borrowing
Carrying out resident consultation
Preparing and submitting funding bids including SHG
Preparing and presenting development presentations

Employer's agent, project management and CDMC

Developing and implementing project plans
Managing contractor performance
Progress managing and reporting
CDM Co-ordination
Carrying out health and safety inspections and reviews

Financial assessment and feasibility studies

Carrying out option appraisals and feasibility studies
Assessing costs and cost options
Developing funding models including Prudential Borrowing

Procurement and contract management

Developing procurement strategies
Carrying out option appraisals
Procuring contracts including EU compliance
Carrying out technical assessments of tenders
Evaluating procurement consortium options
Developing partnering agreements
Developing contract management arrangements
Introducing quality assurance regimes
Assessing and reporting contractor performance

For further information on how we can help you achieve value for money on your Repairs and Maintenance Procurement with our "No Upfront Cost" approach, please click here to open our brochure.

"Pennington's role leading the project team has been instrumental in driving the project forward to achieve milestones being met. Their management and expertise with regards to the OJEU procurement process has been second to none. Our requirements have been met throughout and the outcome of the whole process has been reflected in the quality of tenderers put forward for consideration."

Anne Whitehouse, Programme Planner - Six Town Housing, Bury

"Both the tender and implementation processes were clear, efficient and successful due to the professionalism and attention to detail shown by Pennington Choices in ensuring that the initial documentation provided a clear brief, was well written and demonstrated a clear understanding of the client's requirements. The implementation process has been an outstanding success as Pennington Choices took the time to ensure that both they, and their client, fully understood the whole process; and had buy in from all the key stakeholders at WCBC. We now look forward a long and mutually beneficial partnership with WCBC that has been built on firm foundations, thanks to work of Pennington Choices at the early stages."

Travis Perkins, Winning bidder for WCBC's Outsourcing of their Stores.