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Together Housing is seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified contractors to provide a solution for the replacement of the Geographic Information System (GIS) Together Housing Association (THA) has invested in GIS technology over a number of years, recognising the opportunities it can provide for creating more effective and efficient processes. GIS is currently provided by a number of different providers /platforms: including MapInfo, Spatial Analyst. THA has a dedicated GIS officer who manages and oversees the current GIS technologies and is the subject matter expert for the organisation. THA uses GIS across several service delivery areas, including but not limited to: Development, Property Improvement, Environmental Services, Housing Management, Renewable energy and Marketing and Sales. The purpose of this procurement is to enhance the current platforms employed and support a blended hybrid approach. Whereby more technical and detail use of the technologies can be undertaken by dedicated staff whilst at the same time a more generic and self-serve approach is available to the wider business and which allows for interaction with external customers. We would also like for the other division to be able to manipulate certain datasets specific for them. The system should also integrate into our other data analysis system which are R and Power Bi. We would also like to expand the products in the future to other devices such as mobile phones and play a role in company growth. The purpose of this brief is to inform Together Housing of the future direction of GIS and its on-going support. If you would be interested in meeting with together housing to discuss the options available to us then please express your interest via our procurement mailbox at thg.procurement@togetherhousing.co.uk Expressions of interest will close on 17th May 2023 @2pm

Together Housing Association Limited, a charitable community benefit society registered in England and Wales at the Financial Conduct Authority manages over 36,000 properties and is one of largest providers of affordable social housing in the North. Together Housing Association provide a comprehensive range of support services which affect over 40,000 people's lives over a huge geographical area in the North of England. We also provide supported housing and extra care schemes. These support residents who are looking to maintain their independence in a comfortable, safe, and sociable environment. Employing approximately 1,400 staff, the Group's corporate vision is to be 'A ground-breaking Company, building homes, communities and futures'. To support the Together Housing Group to maintain its stock we are looking to appoint a structural engineering practice to undertake structural surveys, produce reports, produce schedule of work for tender, supervising works on site and act as Principle Designer. Reports are required to provide alternative recommendations 1- Recommendations to make the structure safe and usable to last up to 5 years. 2- Recommendations to make the structure safe and usable to last up to 15 years. 3- Recommendations to make the structure safe and usable to permanently. We are putting out early engagement to explore highly professional, qualified and certificated structural and civil engineering organisations that are located within the regions we cover. This enables us to plan a service that can deliver to our stock but serve our customers and add social value throughout our communities. If you feel your organisation fits this criterion you can find further information about THA on our website www.togetherhousing.co.uk and email us on the contact details provided. At present the open early engagement means that a procurement idea is currently active and is only at the early stage of development and judging whether there is interest from any potential suppliers as to how this need could approach market.

Expressions of interest are required for our intention of acquiring a new Human Resources Information System (HRIS) and payroll system for THG. The HRIS will serve as an integrated system to manage our human resources, payroll, and benefits administration processes efficiently.

Expressions of interest are required for our intention of acquiring a new Human Resources Information System (HRIS) and payroll system for THG. The HRIS will serve as an integrated system to manage our human resources, payroll, and benefits administration processes efficiently.

Together Housing Group (THG) are looking at early engagement to access the market and find providers of Ecology Services. THG are welcoming organisations to come forward and make themselves known. Our Ecology Surveys are vital to THG undertaking any planned and reactive works, so looking for qualified and experienced organisations that are able to deliver bat surveys, bird surveys, full reports and recommendations. Together Housing Group are looking for people/organisations that are fully certificated and who can work with our delivery teams to ensure the environment and the nature surrounding our communities is well protected, and looked after for many years to come. Together Housing Group Limited (THG) is a charitable housing association registered under the Co-operative and Community Benefits Societies Act 2014, and is the parent company of the Together Housing Group ('THG" or "the Group"). Together Housing group owns and manages over 36,000 properties and is one of largest providers of affordable social housing in the North. Together Housing Group provide a comprehensive range of support services which affect over 40,000 people's lives over a huge geographical area in the North of England. We also provide supported housing and extra care schemes. These support residents who are looking to maintain their independence in a comfortable, safe, and sociable environment. Employing approximately 1,400 staff, the Group's corporate vision is to be 'A ground-breaking Company, building homes, communities and futures'. You can find further information about us on our website www.togetherhousing.co.uk

This is a call for Expressions of Interest ("EOI") pertaining to a potential future procurement exercise by Together Housing Association ("THA"). Such Expression of Interest exercise pertains to the "Provision of Support Vouchers (including Fuel, Clothing, Food) and Voucher Management Platform." Interested parties should review and complete the document attached to this Notice, in advance of the close of the EOI response deadline. A brief contextual description of the Summary of Requirements is included below, with further information available in the document appended to this notice. Summary of Requirements: Together Housing operates the provision of "Support Vouchers" (including but not limited to Fuel Vouchers, Food Vouchers, Transport Vouchers, Clothing Vouchers) for Tenants and wider community members (henceforth "citizens"), to support with access to these provisions for Citizens who are in crisis need, or may otherwise be disadvantaged and/or experiencing limited access to such provisions. Such Support Voucher provision has historically been delivered through multiple agreements with individual providers, tracked centrally by THA employees in a variety of methods. Review of such provision has identified a potential opportunity for both the consolidation of the Support Voucher provision, and the modernisation of Voucher allocation tracking through a consolidated Digital platform. Together Housing are thus seeking to develop, modernise and expand upon its Support Voucher provision, through the identification and award of a single, consolidated contract for the Provision of Support Vouchers and a Consolidated Support Voucher management platform. This expression of interest has thus been developed to engage with the market, to understand both the capability of the market to meet such requirements, and to provide further information (commercial/operational/etc) as to inform any future planned procurement activity in this regard. Such Expression of Interest exercise is intended to inform Together Housing's Planned Procurement Activity, and response in no way constitutes any form of agreement or assurance from Together Housing regarding the development of its procurement process or selection of Procurement "Route to market" for this provision. Any contract arising from such procurement, if progressed, will likely be multi-year.

This is a call for Expressions of Interest ("EOI") pertaining to an intended procurement exercise by THA. THA are considering and developing procurement plans for the identification of, and award to, a suitably capable provider for the provision and management/support of its Mobile SIMS. Further information can be found within the EOI response document appended to this Notice. This Expression of Interest Exercise is thus intended to develop a further understanding of the Market Capability pertaining to Provision of SIMs and Management Support, and identify suitably capable and qualified suppliers (as well as develop further understanding on suitable procurement frameworks/vehicles) who may meet Together Housings requirements. Such Expression of Interest exercise is intended to inform Together Housing's Planned Procurement Activity, and providing a response to this EOI in no way constitutes any form of agreement or assurance from Together Housing, regarding the development of its procurement process or selection of Procurement "Route to market" for this provision. Together Housing currently utilises approximately 2,000 Mobile SIMS across its business, primarily on the O2 mobile network. As part of the wider organisational Digital Strategy, which is seeking to refresh and modernise the Digital Provision across the organisation, Together Housing is exploring the potential for award to a single provider, capable of providing up to 3,000 concurrent SIM's across multiple Mobile Networks and capable of providing greater centralisation, management and control of SIM provision for the organisation. This is especially pertinent in relation to the mobile or remote workers, who utilise mobile connectivity (voice and data) in the performance of their role across the Together housing geographic area of operations. Together Housing is thus looking for further information from the market pertaining to: - Mobile SIMs - Mobile Devices - SIM Management Prospective organisations who wish to express their interest must ensure that they have completed and returned the document, with all questions completed and responded to within the document, in advance of the EOI Closure deadline. All responses to this EOI should be sent to THG.Procurement@togetherhousing.co.uk, with the email subject "THG SIMS EOI response". Responses received after this deadline may not be considered or accounted for by Together Housing. Please be advised that any additional documentation, unless requested as part of the question set within this EOI document, shall not be considered or reviewed by Together Housing.

This is a call for Expressions of Interest ("EOI") pertaining to an intended procurement exercise by THA. Together Housing ("THA") is seeking a suitably qualified and capable provider to provide licensing and support for its embedded "Open Accounts" and eBis Software System. Such system has historically been provided by Orchard Information Systems Limited, and is utilised across the Finance and Accountancy functions of THA. This document is not, at this stage, a call for competition. Together Housing is instead seeking to utilise Early Engagement and Expressions of Interest to build an understanding of the capability within the market for meeting its requirement, and to assess the benefits of competition for this requirement. Open Accounts and eBis (together "the Solution" within this document) is utilised as the primary software solution for Finance, Accountancy and Accounts Payable functions across THA. The Solution is at present utilised by approximately 40 users (for Open Accounts), and 550 across the eBis e-Finance software packages. This further extends to non-finance users, for the raising, authorisation and processing of purchase orders and payments. The solution is currently hosted on Together Housing Digital Infrastructure. This Expression of Interest Exercise is thus intended to develop a further understanding of the Market Capability pertaining to support of the Open Accounts and eBis Finance Management Software, and identify suitably capable and qualified suppliers who may meet Together Housings requirements. Such Expression of Interest exercise is intended to inform Together Housing's Planned Procurement Activity, and response in no way constitutes any form of agreement or assurance from Together Housing regarding the development of its procurement process or selection of Procurement "Route to market" for this provision. Prospective organisations who wish to express their interest must ensure that they have completed and returned the document, with all questions completed and responded to with the document, in advance of the EOI Closure deadline. All responses to this EOI should be sent to THG.Procurement@togetherhousing.co.uk, with the email subject "THG Open Accounts EOI response". Responses received after this deadline may not be considered or accounted for by Together Housing. Please be advised that any additional documentation, unless requested as part of the question set within this EOI document, shall not be considered or reviewed by Together Housing.

Together Housing Group (THG) are looking for expressions of interest for the provision of external audit services for the statutory accounts in respect of the financial year commencing 1st April 2024. This date coincides with the start of the annual audit cycle and the successful tenderer will undertake the 2024/25 audit of the financial statements and the following four subsequent years. THG year-end is 31st March.

Expressions of interest are required for our intention of acquiring a new Human Resources Information System (HRIS) and payroll system for THG. The HRIS will serve as an integrated system to manage our human resources, payroll, and benefits administration processes efficiently.