Public Buyers

Lek en Waard Wonen builds better housing procurement with Mercell

With Mercell Source-to-Contract, Lek en Waard Wonen is strengthening tendering, governance and collaboration to support more efficient housing delivery. 

As a social housing corporation in the Netherlands, Lek en Waard Wonen manages approximately 2,650 homes and plays an important role in providing affordable housing across the municipality of Molenlanden. With plans to expand its housing stock and continue investing in sustainable developments, procurement plays a critical role in delivering projects efficiently, transparently and in line with regulatory requirements.

Like many housing corporations, Lek en Waard Wonen operates in a highly regulated environment where procurement must balance compliance, transparency, sustainability and effective collaboration with contractors, suppliers and public stakeholders.

 

Supporting the next stage of procurement 

Mercell's Source-to-Contract platform helps Lek en Waard Wonen digitise and simplify procurement through one integrated solution. The platform supports transparent and compliant tendering while reducing administrative work and improving collaboration across internal teams and external partners.

With Mercell, Lek en Waard Wonen will be able to strengthen:

  • Tendering, to deliver transparent, compliant and efficient procurement processes
  • Project governance, to improve visibility and consistency across procurement activities
  • Supplier collaboration, to create stronger engagement throughout the procurement process
  • Auditability and compliance, to maintain complete documentation and traceability from tender to contract
  • Process standardisation, to reduce manual work and establish consistent procurement practices across the organisation

The result is a procurement approach that supports both day to day operations and the organisation's long term housing ambitions.

 

Lek en Waard Wonen en Mercell

Why Mercell stood out

Mercell stood out through its deep expertise in public procurement and its understanding of the challenges facing housing associations across the Netherlands.

Its user-friendly Source-to-Contract platform provides one connected environment for managing procurement from tender to contract, helping organisations replace fragmented processes with greater transparency, efficiency and control.

Mercell's experience supporting regulated organisations, combined with its focus on simplifying complex procurement workflows, aligned well with Lek en Waard Wonen's ambition to build a modern procurement function that supports sustainable housing delivery.

 

Looking ahead

With Mercell Source-to-Contract, Lek en Waard Wonen is investing in a procurement foundation that supports future growth, stronger governance and more efficient collaboration.

As the organisation continues to deliver new housing and invest in sustainable communities, Mercell will help simplify procurement, strengthen transparency and create a more connected way of working across the procurement lifecycle.

Together, Lek en Waard Wonen and Mercell are building a procurement approach that is ready to support the future of social housing.