Housing Associations face the dual challenge of addressing a very important social need whilst operating as efficiently as possible, having to demonstrate sound financial and operational governance to mulitple stakeholder groups including the HCA from a regulatory perspective. Recent changes in regulation and funding are driving a value-for-money agenda across all functions and services and IT is not immune from that pressure.
Doing more with less will be a constant theme over the next few years, Itica’s experience of Housing and other sectors can deliver significant benefits through relatively simple activities such as reviewing budgets, software licensing and contract expenditures through to establishing an IT strategy to support business objectives or managing change projects to improve business efficiency, service levels and reduce costs. Itica’s experience in Housing includes managing sourcing exercises following the requirements of OJEU.
Itica has completed a significant OJEU sourcing assignment in this sector:
Itica was engaged to run the OJEU sourcing process for Network Housing Group to select a new WAN provider. A competitive dialogue process was used that delivered a reduction in total costs of 25% together with a substantial increase in capacity.
Other assignments have included:
Measuring Value-for-Money within IT
Understanding systems and processes within a business function
Simply the best company I have ever hired. The team are all subject matter experts in their own fields…
Mark Woosey, Group IS Director
Network Housing Group
