Travis Perkins signs multi-million pound contract

Travis Perkins Managed Services has secured a multi-million pound contract with a housing association looking to improve the efficiency of its repairs service.

Bromford has signed a five-year deal, worth £8m annually, for the major builders’ merchants being its main supplier of core repairs materials utilized in 44,000 homes in the West Midlands and West of England. Travis Perkins will give materials direct to Bromford’s fleet of repair vans when they need them, allowing its engineers to accomplish more repairs first time.

Dan Sparks, director and services information delivery at Bromford, said: “We all know how important it is to the customers that we are able to complete repairs in just one visit and ensuring our engineers have everything they need to carry out their work is key to this.

“We’re excited that this new partnership with Travis Perkins will allow us to improve our repairs and maintenance service we provide to customers by enhancing the number of repairs we can complete very first time.

“We’re also looking forward to further innovations that will improve the ways we work in the future, to ensure our engineers also have all the parts they need to complete repairs quickly and efficiently in our customers’ homes. This partnership suits Bromford, its right for our colleagues, and it is right for our customers.”

Kieran McIntyre, Account Manager at Travis Perkins Managed Services, said: “We're delighted to be working in partnership with Bromford.

“Like a market leader in working with the social housing sector to provide supply chain solutions, we believe that the core of every partnership is our common goal to provide a better service to tenants.

“With that in mind, we are excited to start use Bromford to drive innovation and help them achieve their first time fix targets.”