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The Procurement Partnership (TPPL) launched its new Building Materials Framework, in partnership with STAR Procurement in May 2025. The Framework scope expands on building material categories currently available via the existing TPPL NEPO219 Building Materials and Modular Buildings DPS.

In addition to traditional merchanting goods and services, the expanded framework scope includes Inventory Management and Asset Tracking under lot 8.  2 market-leading suppliers have been appointed, providing organisations with excellent coverage.

For ease of access, a separate web page for this lot has been created. The following solutions are accessible via the new lot:

Lot 8: Inventory Management and Asset Tracking

• Inventory management software to manage a central stores and/or multiple van stock locations
• Asset management/tracking solutions and the supply/hire/lease of machines and equipment for self-serve access to product

The suppliers were selected based on a range of qualitative criteria, including their approach to integration, providing flexible management information, ensuring ease of use, increasing operational efficiency and first-time fix rates.

Members can benefit from the ability to call off directly from the framework, saving time and resource. These have been added to our frameworks to ensure easy, compliant access for public sector buyers with tight deadlines.

When asked about his thoughts on this new lot, Phil Williams, Director of Procurement, commented, “The key challenge for many of our members is ensuring the right product is available the right place to allow effective and efficient completion of repairs in customer’s homes. In many cases the right place should be back of the operative’s van wherever possible. We’re pleased to introduce this new lot for our members to help them with, not only van-stock management, but also a wide variety of other potential benefits, including asset tracking”.