Kier, Morgan Sindall, Vinci and Wates have joined a swathe of smaller contractors to secure places on a national framework worth £1bn.
The firms are among 94 appointed by national framework provider Pagabo to its framework for medium-sized projects.
The scheme is designed to provide a route to market for public sector clients to procure construction projects valued at up to £10m.
The second iteration of the framework, which will run until 2027, succeeds the original version, which was launched in 2019.
Split into four lots covering value bands starting at £50,000, the framework is intended to maximise supplier choice for clients while creating opportunities for SMEs alongside larger organisations.
Among the other contractors appointed to the framework are Buckingham Group, Eric Wright, McLaren and Seddon.
Jason Stapley, chief procurement officer at The 55 Group – Pagabo’s parent organisation – said there had been a “conscious effort” to ensure the presence of smaller firms on the framework, with two-thirds of the successful contractors coming from the SME sector.
“We know it can be tough for the smaller contractors to compete with the industry’s largest companies, so we aim to make our frameworks a vehicle for all to flourish,” he said.
Stapley said he expected to see an improvement in results compared with the former framework, under which more than 160 projects were procured.
“The new iteration of the framework is aligned with all of the gold-standard principles of procurement laid out by the [government’s] Construction Playbook [guidance], ensuring that all clients and suppliers will be working at the forefront of industry best practice when it comes to their built environment projects,” he said.
He gave the example of appointed contractors being given free access to software to demonstrate the social value generated by procured projects for local communities.
The full list of appointed companies
8 build, Alcema, Amey Community, Amiri Construction, Arc Group London, Ash Contracting, Ashe Construction, Ballast Nedam Parking, Baxall Construction, Bermar Building Co, Borras Construction, Bray & Slaughter, Breheny Civil Engineering, Britcon (UK), Buckingham Group Contracting, Building Services Now, C Watkins Plumbing, C. Wynne & Sons, Carmelcrest, CBES, CCG (SCOTLAND), Classic Builders (South West), Conamar Building Services, Conlon Construction, Construction North Group, D&G Builders and Joiners, Diamond Build, E G Carter & Co, E Manton, Eric Wright Construction, Esh Construction, EW Beard, F Parkinson, Felix O’Hare & Co, Fleming Buildings, Foster Property Maintenance, FP McCann, G F Tomlinson Building, Geoffrey Robinson, GMI Construction Group, Goldbeck Construction, Greenmount Projects, GS Kelsey Construction, H&J Martin, Helix CMS, Henry Boot Construction, Henry Brothers Midlands, Hobson & Porter, Houghton & Son, Inside Out Developments, Interclass, Jamieson Contracting (NW), Jarvis Contracting, Jeakins Weir, JN Bentley, Kier Construction, Krol Corlett Construction, Lindum Group, Linear Design & Construct, Logan Construction SE, Maurice Flynn & Sons, MC Designers Group, McLaren Construction, McPhillips (Wellington), Meldrum Construction Services Group, Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastructure, Morris and Spottiswood, Mountjoy, Neilcott Contruction, Nevada Construction, Ogilvie Group, Pentaco Construction, R G Carter Cambridge, RJ McLeod (Contractors), Russells, Seddon Construction, SEH French, Sewell Construction, Speller Metcalfe Malvern, Sudlows, Sunninghill Construction Co, T&B (Contractors), Thomas Sinden, Tilbury Douglas Construction, Tolent Construction, Tom Willoughby, Topcon Building, Triton Construction, Vinci Construction UK, Walter Carefoot & Sons (Construction), Walter Thompson Contractors, Wates Construction, Westridge Construction, William Birch & Sons
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Kerry Lorimer