Chartered surveyor wins raft of Government contracts
Chartered surveyors Bruton Knowles, which has offices in Birmingham and Nottingham, has been named as a supplier on Crown Commercial Service’s Estate Management Services (EMS) framework.
CCS supports the public sector to achieve maximum commercial value when procuring common goods and services.
In 2020/21 CCS helped the public sector to achieve commercial benefits equal to £2.04bn – supporting world-class public services that offer best value for taxpayers.
Bruton Knowles’ bid team, led by managing partner James Bailey, showcased its strength and expertise across Estate Management, Lease Management and Valuation and CPO to be appointed on Crown Commercial Service’s Estate Management Services (EMS) framework across three lots.
The Bruton Knowles team won the Estate (Property) Management lot, to provide the operation and management to support the occupation of the central government and wider public sector estate, providing technical due diligence where required, including providing an oversight of the property to include policy, maintenance, capital works and strategic asset management plans.
Bruton Knowles’ bid team also secured the Agency & Lease Management lot. This is for the management of freeholds or leaseholds to support the acquisition, occupation or disposal of the central government and wider public sector estate, providing technical due diligence where required.
The firm will be advising on the Valuation and Compulsory Purchase Orders lot. This will require the expert valuation of built, physical, mechanical and electrical assets ranging from desktop to red book methodologies to comply with IFRS, RICS or departmental internal accounting procedures and compliance for central government and wider public sector estate, including services to support compulsory purchase orders.
