Quidos closes its local EPC panel
Tuesday, 30 Jun 09
Quidos has announced a decision to formally close its 'panel' from 30th June 2009.
Quidos Operations Director, Nick Branch: "Panels are widely viewed as the enemy of energy assessors across the country, and in an industry with very low fees and over supply, it is difficult to argue against this."
The company will instead refocus its energy on widening its training and accreditation portfolio, to coincide with the future development of the EPBD, and additional measures to help combat climate change and improve energy efficiency within the built environment such as the Carbon Reduction Commitment and f-gas policies.
Quidos will also continue to tender for business which would not otherwise be available to the independent energy assessors, and to lobby the industry to ensure greater compliance with the legislation, with the aim of generating more work for all.
Nick Branch added: "There are some contracts out there which are simply not accessible to the smaller independent practices and one-man-bands; these include large social housing tenders, and contracts with national chains of estate agents or large scale private landlords. In these arenas, Quidos will continue to pitch for business, with any work won distributed fairly amongst our network of preferred suppliers."
Quidos will continue to operate a national network of preferred suppliers, drawn from its accreditation scheme membership, to service its existing obligations and to carry out any new work won from larger scale corporate tendering.
In a move designed to align itself more closely with the energy assessors themselves, Quidos confirmed that it would no longer compete at a local level for work with individuals. It will instead work to offer its members the advantages available by virtue of its size and industry position.
