SCAPE announces contractors for £14bn next generation frameworks

• Appointment of partners to deliver next generation construction frameworks for England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and for Scotland
• Construction Playbook and Value Toolkit aligned services designed to drive the net zero recovery through innovative £14bn construction framework
• Four-year frameworks include innovations to enhance project quality, increase SME and social enterprise engagement and achieve market-leading performance in sustainability, whole life performance and social value.

SCAPE has announced the seven contractors that will deliver up to £14billion of capital expenditure via its Net Zero ready construction frameworks, following the conclusion of a rigorous procurement process.

Kier, Morgan Sindall, GRAHAM, Willmott Dixon, McLaughlin & Harvey, John Sisk & Son and Mace have been appointed to deliver the SCAPE Construction framework for England, Wales and Northern Ireland, collectively worth up to £12bn, while Morgan Sindall, Kier and McLaughlin & Harvey will deliver the procurement authority’s newly launched SCAPE Scotland Construction framework worth £2bn – operated and managed by SCAPE Scotland. Each partner will be supported by an extensive local supply chain.

The four-year frameworks – which are available for use by all public sector organisations - will accelerate the delivery of new-build and refurbishment projects of all values between 2021 and 2025.

With close alignment to the government’s Construction Playbook and a focus on climate action response via the built environment, these frameworks are intended to offer a better way to build and refurbish the public estate, whilst stimulating local economic activity.

Contractors have been selected for their ability to deliver against SCAPE’s long held and lofty standards in construction quality, safety, and efficiency; as well as their ability to deliver truly sustainable development through social value, environmental improvement and positive economic impact in communities. The framework has been carefully designed to enable clients to benefit from industry transformation, with consideration towards digital construction, platform design and modern methods of construction.

Clients will benefit from a number of innovative features in the new frameworks, offering more procurement options and enhanced control of their projects including:

• A unique parallel lotting structure, offering a choice of delivery partner while retaining the free early engagement and direct award experience that was pioneered by SCAPE.
• A new life cycle contract form, ideal for retrofit or new build, supporting clients with energy conservation and the operational efficiency and performance of their assets beyond the construction phase for up to five years. The new feature, which completes the frameworks’ ‘Net Zero ready’ offer, will help to build and validate a client’s business case for low carbon buildings, and address the historic performance gap between design aspiration and in use performance of assets.
• A new commercial model that includes a standard pricing template to provide greater transparency, while contractors will also commit to 19-day (or better) payment terms for their supply chain partners.
• Enhanced tailoring of project KPIs and success criteria for every project, leveraging the Construction Innovation Hub’s Value Toolkit to define success for the client.
• Support from SCAPE’s dedicated framework management team, with performance in delivery measured against market-leading benchmarks for environmental performance, sustainability, social value and the use of local supply chains.

The next generation of frameworks build on the success of the SCAPE Construction | National Construction and SCAPE Construction | Minor Works frameworks, which both expire in September 2021.

SCAPE Construction framework
Framework value: £12bn

SCAPE Scotland Construction framework
Framework value: £2bn