Procurement - civil engineering framework: guidance

Overview

This framework agreement is for the provision of Civil Engineering Works for Contracts from £5m - £100m. It covers a full range of general civil engineering works and associated services and structural civil engineering works and associated services (the latter relating to structure construction, maintenance and refurbishment relating to structure construction works).

What is in scope

The Framework consists of the following three lots:

• Lot 1: General Civil Engineering Works greater than 5M GBP up to 25M GBP
• Lot 2: Structural Civil Engineering Works greater than 5M GBP up to 25M GBP
• Lot 3: All Civil Engineering Works greater than 25M GBP up to 100M GBP

Details on the scope for each Lot are contained in the Buyers’ Guide accessed via the Knowledge Hub (see below).

Who can use this

The framework can be used by:

• central government
• health
• local authorities
• third sector (voluntary organisations and charities registered in Scotland)
• universities and colleges
• other public bodies

See Public Contracts Scotland Notice for full details.

Note: it is the responsibility of any buying organisation wishing to use the framework agreement to satisfy itself that it is eligible to do so.

Benefits

The benefits of the framework are:

• co-ordinated approach across the Scottish public sector
• saves time in the procurement process and adds value
• standardised approach to terms and conditions which have been considered by industry in advance of the Framework going live
• centralised framework administration and management
• pre-qualified Contractors: the Framework has been entered into following a comprehensive tender exercise, under applicable public procurement regulations (Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (as amended)), and provides an easy route to market
• framework Contractors commit to benchmark requirements for various environmental, social and fair work benefits, which can be further developed by each Framework Public Body for each Work Order
• shared learning and best practice across public bodies and Framework Contractors
• framework Contractors committed to specific activities to support innovation, for example, to providing digital innovation systems, collaborative innovation forums & registers, R and D focus, and an innovative approach to implementation
• community Benefits: Contractors have made specific commitments to community benefits through, for example, partnering with organisations to plan recruitment programmes such as mentoring, school/college/University engagement, site experiences – targeting vulnerable groups
• fair Work First: commitment to a range of Fair Work First measures, for example providing platforms for employees to raise concerns and employee representation, and training action plans with incentives and support for professional membership and qualification. Also, It is a mandatory that those parties directly involved in the Framework pay the real Living Wage
• sustainable Procurement Duty: Framework Contractors committed to providing an extensive range of measures to minimise the environmental impact of the Framework and associated Work Orders, for example PPE take-back schemes to recycle used PPE, embedding biodiversity and carbon data into digital models, and driving change towards hydrogen construction vehicles

Suppliers

Lot 1

• Amalgamated Construction Ltd
• Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering Limited
• Farrans Construction trading as a Division of Northstone (NI) Ltd
• Galliford Try Environmental Division
• John Graham Construction
• Morgan Sindall

Lot 2

• Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering Limited
• Galliford Try Environmental Division
• John Graham Construction
• Morgan Sindall
• RJ McLeod (Contractors) Ltd
• Taziker Industrial

Lot 3

• Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering Limited
• Farrans Construction trading as a Division of Northstone (NI) Ltd
• John Graham Construction
• Morgan Sindall

Full contact details for all the suppliers are contained in the Buyers Guide accessed via the Knowledge Hub (see below).

Further information

The Knowledge Hub contains all relevant documents, pricing, and terms and conditions. If you are not registered to access this site and are eligible to use the frameworks please complete this template and send to: cct_sppd@gov.scot. Please note that any information obtained via the Knowledge Hub site (such as framework agreement documentation, framework terms and pricing) must be treated as commercially confidential and must not be shared with anyone outside your organisation without the prior approval of SPPD.

Framework folder: Library - Scottish Procurement: Procurement Information Network - Knowledge Hub (khub.net)

The buyer's guide is also availabe to view.