{"id":867680,"date":"2025-08-24T21:12:34","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T02:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/24\/next-generation-southern-construction-framework-set-to-expand-beyond-4-5bn-cap\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T21:12:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T02:12:34","slug":"next-generation-southern-construction-framework-set-to-expand-beyond-4-5bn-cap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/24\/next-generation-southern-construction-framework-set-to-expand-beyond-4-5bn-cap\/","title":{"rendered":"Next-generation Southern Construction Framework set to expand beyond \u00a34.5bn cap"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The next generation of the Southern Construction Framework is set to increase in value to reflect higher demand and the inclusion of lower-value workstreams, according to a preliminary market engagement notice published today (22 August).<\/p>\n

Hampshire County Council and Devon County Council have launched early market engagement for the sixth-generation framework (SCF6), valued at \u00a35.4bn including VAT and expected to launch in May 2027 when the previous iteration expires.<\/p>\n

The current SCF5<\/a>, which was launched in 2023, is capped at \u00a34.5bn and involves 11 contractors such as Galliford Try, Kier, Morgan Sindall, Wates and Willmott Dixon.<\/p>\n

It has already reached \u00a31.59bn of work \u2014 more than 80 per cent of its \u00a31.92bn workload target \u2014 with nearly half of its term remaining.<\/p>\n

SCF6 will cover all projects above \u00a31m and will be structured into value and geographic lots, the notice said.<\/p>\n

While the framework will remain focused on the South East, South West and London, it will be open to all public sector bodies in England.<\/p>\n

The two councils are considering merging local frameworks for lower-value projects into SCF6. This follows recent efforts to align smaller schemes under the SCF brand to reduce supplier bidding costs and improve consistency.<\/p>\n

A shift in procurement approach is also under review. The SCF has traditionally relied on two-stage procurement, but for SCF6 the councils may adopt single-stage or hybrid approaches for lower-value lots, responding to a decline in client demand for two-stage tenders.<\/p>\n

Kingsley Clarke, head of SCF South West, said: \u201cWhilst SCF will always\u00a0promote and\u00a0foster early contractor engagement and a collaborative approach to secure the best outcomes for project delivery, we acknowledge that we need to\u00a0consider being\u00a0more open to a single stage or hybrid approach to projects of a certain value, and welcome contractor contributions on this and more.\u201d<\/p>\n

A formal tender notice for SCF6 is expected in March 2026 \u2013 two months later than previously announced<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Interested firms have until 17 October 2025 to complete a survey, with follow-up 1:1 engagement meetings scheduled for September and October. A supplier event is expected in January 2026.<\/p>\n

Suppliers must be able to operate across the South of England and London, the market engagement notice said.<\/p>\n

SCF has traditionally operated on projects over \u00a34m, with both Devon and Hampshire councils having domestic frameworks supporting the delivery of projects below this value.<\/p>\n

Source: Gov.uk Find a Tender<\/em><\/a>\/SCF announcement<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The next generation of the Southern Construction Framework is set to increase in value to reflect higher demand and the inclusion of lower-value workstreams, according to a preliminary market engagement notice published today (22 August). Hampshire County Council and Devon County Council have launched early market engagement for the sixth-generation framework (SCF6), valued at \u00a35.4bn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":867681,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23457,4917],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-867680","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-next-generation","8":"category-southern"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=867680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867680\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/867681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=867680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=867680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=867680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}