• Take advantage of substantial buying volumes.

    access to a professional energy management consultancy

  • Receive multiple offers analysed and ranked on a like-for-like basis.

    access to a professional energy management consultancy

  • Gain access to Wholesale Energy prices.

    access to a professional energy management consultancy

  • Develop a risk strategy suited around your own needs.

    access to a professional energy management consultancy

  • Procure at the right times to keep your prices low.

    access to a professional energy management consultancy

Care Home Purchasing

DEP is the largest Corporate care home broker in the UK acting on an exclusive basis for 80,000x beds and which already includes 50% of the very largest Care groups such as HC One & Priory Group who have been using our Managed Service Solution and so benefiting from DEPs buying volumes and achieving cost savings.

 

We also procure for most of the smaller groups such as Minster Care, Orchard Care, Bondcare OSJCT, Prime Life, New Century, CLS Care, Somerset Care, Freemantle Trust.

 
The reason behind our success, besides the substantial buying power, is our hand on style of energy advice and management, which means we are always on hand to advise and deal with new Builds, Supply upgrades and any kind of energy query that you are likely to experience as you continue to grow your group including Bill Validation via our Bureau Service etc.
 
With such volatile energy markets and massive increases being faced by all concerned our clients are finding our type of managed service and group volumes a necessity.
 
A sample of the services already received by the other groups includes:
 
  • Energy bills being validated before payment with our Bureau Service.
  • Energy procurement tendered with the larger groups.
  • New Home acquisitions brought on board efficiently and ASAP
  • New Builds dealt with by a dedicated Projects Team.
  • Half-hourly reports sent on a monthly basis.
  • Online energy reporting options at home level to track energy usage.
  • AMR Smart meter advise and implementation.
 

"Since we as a group spend in excess of £22 million pounds on energy, your continued vigilance of market forces, your fuller involvement in the tendering processes and the renewal of our energy contracts has been enhanced by your specific knowledge and involvement. As the largest Nursing Home provider in the UK, we have implemented your service provision across all of our 750 sites to the benefit of all parties."

 

"I would wish to highlight that the role out, implementation and support offered by DEP has been exemplary and in particular the ease of implementation is a credit to the procedures that DEP have in place. It is worth stating that by having DEP manage and control our billing processes has resulted in substantial savings. The costs of the bureau service are far outweighed by the savings being achieved through the management of our various accounts and contract renewal negotiation."

Southern Cross Healthcare Group Purchasing Manager