NEWS
CROMWELL POLYTHENE APPOINTED TO NPS
FRAMEWORK Leeds-based Cromwell Polythene has been named as a preferred supplier of specialist waste management and recycling sacks to the National Procurement Service (NPS), the first cross-sector collaborative framework for the Welsh region.
The company has been awarded a place on the waste disposal bags framework for three product categories – domestic and commercial refuse bags, compostable liners and miscellaneous waste sacks, together worth a potential £13.5million.
FACILICOM’S SUPPORT OF FAIR WAGES LEADS TO AWARD
SHORTLISTING A long-term commitment to employee wellbeing and paying a fair wage has led to Facilicom UK being shortlisted by the Living Wage Foundation for the Living Wage Champion Awards 2016.
The awards recognise employers that have made great contributions to communities and industries by implementing and celebrating the Living Wage. Facilicom is a founding member of the Living Wage Service
Announcing the award, Cromwell Managing Director James Lee said: “While being appointed to the framework is in itself a significant achievement, we are very much aware that the NPS’s 73 customers are at liberty to award contracts either directly, by undertaking a desktop analysis of framework rates, or to undertake a further competition against their specific requirements.
“Having now been nominated by most of the major frameworks in the UK – and gained significant incremental business as a result – we are confident that with this appointment we can similarly reinforce our strong market position in the Welsh public sector.”
Launched in November 2013 and hosted by the Welsh Government, the NPS was established to work on behalf
Provider Recognition Scheme and part of the Service Providers Leadership Group. It was one of the first three national contract cleaning providers to sign up to the scheme.
Facilicom UK Managing Director, Jan-Hein Hemke, said: “We are proud to be Living Wage Service providers and work closely with our clients to encourage them to pay the Living Wage. We firmly believe in the Living Wage because it is real people being affected by decisions about pay, not just numbers on a balance sheet. People who are willing to work hard for their wages should be rewarded sufficiently to be able to live and enjoy life.
“Facilicom’s business is expanding in part because of, rather than in spite of, paying the Living Wage. We are committed to delivering best value support to the companies we work for and have developed detailed and creative working
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of the wider public sector across Wales. By using this combined purchasing power its goal is to secure annual savings of £25million. Like other frameworks these professional bodies help local authorities and others to aggregate their procurement demands and achieve efficiency and cost savings across a range of products known for their reliability. Delivering best value to their members, the combined purchasing power of these organisations is significant.
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models to show how the impact of paying the Living Wage doesn’t have to be devastating to contract costs.”
Living Wage Foundation Director, Katherine Chapman added: “I would like to offer huge congratulations to Facilicom on being shortlisted for the Living Wage Champion Awards. The commitment of Living Wage employers like Facilicom to responsible pay makes a life changing difference to families and communities across the UK.
“We look forward to celebrating this even more when announcing the winners of the regional awards during Living Wage Week which will begin on 31 October.”
The award winners will be announced during Living Wage Week, with one winner announced for each region of the UK: Scotland; Wales; Northern Ireland; the East Midlands; the West Midlands; the East of England; Yorkshire and the Humber; North East England; North West England; South East England; South West England; and London.
The awards are judged by an independent panel of community leaders from Citizens UK; national community organising charity and home of the Living Wage campaign.
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