Our Services
EEM is free to join and there is no charge for any of the services and support EEM provides. Our services include:
- Procurement
- Reporting & Invoice Validation
- Project Support
- Price File Management
- Cost Comparison Exercises
- Events & Training
Procurement
- EEM members have unlimited access to a wide range of compliantly procured products and services covering most aspects of repairs, maintenance and new build via our Frameworks and Dynamic Purchasing Systems (DPS). By procuring on behalf of 278 members, EEM benefits from a mass buying power and this is reflected in our extremely competitive prices.
- Our experienced Procurement Team will assist with all call-offs, whether it be a direct award or mini-competition. We are happy to take the lead and manage the whole process or simply provide support as required.
- We listen to what our members need and we procure arrangements based on their requirements. We provide our members with opportunities to be involved in writing tender specifications to ensure specific requirements are met at the tender stage.
- Due to an initiative named Collaboration, EEM members also have access to additional products and services procured by our partner consortia.
Project Support
- Once a member has formulated their project scope, we will work with the member to prepare the necessary documents ready to start gathering interest from EEM suppliers.
- We will offer to attend all supplier introduction meetings and kickstart meetings to give absolute confidence that the supplier is acting in line with EEM guidance and to ensure the member is aware of all services available through the framework.
- We will supply and draft the costly industry-standard contracts free of charge and our Member Support Officers are able to write the draft and final versions for you.
- Our experienced Member Support Team are on hand to provide comprehensive support if any supplier performance problems are identified. On top of this, we arrange and attend regular Supplier Performance Review meetings to create an open forum where any issues can be discussed and addressed promptly.
Price File Management
- Our Supply Chain Team works hard to regularly maintain the EEM price files which in total cover over 35,000 products from hundreds of manufacturers.
- We maintain excellent relationships with our manufacturers and merchants. Our suppliers provide some of the most competitive rates available, often waiving industry-wide increases for the benefit of EEM members.
Reporting & Invoice Validation
- EEM members can be confident that they are always paying correct EEM material prices as we automatically check that all material invoices issued to our members from our key merchants are accurate.
- Upon request, EEM can distribute material Spend Reports to EEM members. Our Supply Chain Team will also take the time to analyse the spend data and make suggestions of more competitive alternative products of the same or higher quality.
Cost Comparison Exercises
- Our Supply Chain Team are happy to conduct a price comparison exercise on your behalf to establish the savings that can be made on material supply. The suppliers we price across will depend on the operational requirements and location of the member. As part of this exercise, we will take the time to suggest similarly priced alternative products of equivalent or higher quality.
- Suppliers working for EEM members may also have access to our material rates upon application. When a supplier uses our materials supply chain for a contract with an EEM member, the spend helps to increase the Community Donation that member receives.
Events & Training
- EEM regularly offers free training events, networking events & factory tours for the benefit of EEM members and the supply chain.
- We created the annual Building Communities Awards to celebrate achievements in the housing and construction industry. The well-established black tie event is renowned for its charitable efforts and has raised over £183,000 for various charities since its inception.