Delivering value for money and efficiencies

Our strategic objective of delivering value for money and efficiencies seeks to improve satisfaction with our service offer and provide best value through our commercial expertise.

Our strategic objective of delivering value for money and efficiencies seeks to improve satisfaction with our service offer and provide best value through our commercial expertise:

  • We are delivering significant savings, creating great value for money for taxpayers.
  • Acting as a single, expert property partner for the Civil Service means we can more efficiently utilise the estate and procure services at scale.
  • We want to maximise return on investment from all the government estate, which currently costs £1.4 billion per annum to run – shaping the modern offices and working practices needed to underpin a highly productive Civil Service.
  • Plan to release assets for regeneration and aligning with departmental people plans to reduce costs.

Major cities

Designed a government wide office portfolio plan for every major city in the UK

Data

Collected office utilisation data for over 100 buildings

Asset condition

Grew our understanding of our portfolio by baselining asset condition and improved it to 51% to at least Condition B

Supply chain

Implemented a new, regional supply chain to replace inherited workplace contracts

Satisfaction

Improved our offer and increased client department satisfaction

Clients 

  • Transfer client reporting to a self-serve web portal
  • Define the client requirement for a conferencing and training service
  • Embed a Client Relationship Management system to enable better client interactions

Portfolio

  • Refresh Portfolio Plans for major towns and cities
  • Grow the GPA Managed Estate
  • Embed the GPA data standards (B2IM) within all key contracts and processes to optimise the use of asset data
  • Demonstrate best value routes to market for property development
  • Leverage the government covenant to secure deals that are recognised as good value for money
Construction of First Street - showing building being erected, and a crane.

Lifecycle Replacement and Supply Chain 

  • Invest over £90m to improve building and technology asset condition in the GPA Managed Estate
  • Replace 150 building assets/systems in the GPA managed estate reducing future maintenance costs
  • Work collaboratively with our strategic partners to create mutual value
  • Develop and maintain good relationships with our supply chain so the GPA becomes a client of choice