15 contractors have been appointed to a new £500m framework to deliver new build infrastructure and refurbishment works for the public sector in Scotland.
The Public Buildings and Infrastructure (PB3) framework from the Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA) lets public sector organisations in Scotland source contractors for works relating to the construction and refurbishment of educational, healthcare, emergency service and community buildings.
The framework also can be used for residential properties within mixed-use developments, as part of a commercial building conversion, or for delivering student accommodation.
The PB3 framework will run from 27 October until 30 September 2025. Individual projects can be completed beyond the four-year duration as long as the contract is in place prior to the framework expiry date.
PB3 replaces SPA’s previous Schools and Community Buildings SCB1 and 2 frameworks, under which SPA partners delivered 11 new primary schools, 13 new nurseries, 28 primary school expansions and 26 primary and secondary school refurbishments.
West Dunbartonshire Council used SPA’s SCB2 framework to procure its £15.1m Renton campus project.
The PB3 framework has four workstreams, covering new build only, refurbishment only, new build and refurbishment, and new build, refurbishment and infrastructure for projects at three different value bands.
All contractors on the framework have been vetted to check they are compliant with the Scottish public sector procurement legislation.
The appointed companies for the £500m public framework contract are:
- Balfour Beatty Construction
- BAM Construction
- Bancon Construction
- CCG (Scotland)
- Clark Contracts
- Compass Building and Construction Services
- Galliford Try Construction
- GHI Contracts
- Hadden Construction
- Interserve, trading as Tilbury Douglas Construction
- Kier Construction
- M & J Group (Construction and Roofing)
- Maxi Construction
- Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastructure
- Robertson Construction Group
SPA Director, Clive Feeney, said: “Our Public Buildings and Infrastructure framework has been built with the Scottish public sector’s needs at the forefront.
“The new framework has been divided into five Scottish regions, with a range of regional and national contractors appointed, giving local authorities the chance to use local contractors where appropriate.
“We have also made changes to the pricing schedule to give partners more cost certainty at the start of the procurement process.”
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