Academies
Construction Framework - Out to Tender
The contract notice for the new Academies
construction framework has been published in the Official Journal of the European
Union. The existing framework is not set to expire until late 2010, but its capital
ceiling of £2m is expected to be reached in 2009 necessitating the early re-procurement.
The new framework will be established for four years and will deliver capital investment
of £3.5bn - £4.5bn. The contracting authorities will be able to call on the framework
to deliver:
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“Academy Schools, schools procured in advance of core BSF
funding being made available and non-LEP BSF programmes. The Framework may also
deliver wider educational and related community facilities which may include, but
are not necessarily limited to, 0-19 education facilities.” |
The framework is split in two with each part covering different
geographical areas: Sector 1 – North West, North East Yorkshire and The Humber,
East Midlands and West Midlands; Sector 2 – East of England, South East, South West
and London. Contractors can bid to cover one or both sectors.
PfS has elected to use a Restricted Procurement Procedure and envisages that up
to 24 contractors will be appointed to the framework, with between nine and 12 contractors
covering each geographical sector.
PfS is named in the OJEU as the central purchasing body on behalf of Local Authorities,
the DCSF, PCTs, the LSC and maintained schools and academies.
It will still be possible for Academies to be procured through either the LEP or
the framework, and the choice of route will depend on the individual circumstances
of the Authority. It is interesting to note that the proposed framework seems to
be able to deliver a range of educational and community facilities, not just academy
projects. This flexible approach should result in the establishment of a versatile
framework which can be used for a range of projects by the contracting authorities,
where procurement through a LEP is not available or appropriate.
The current framework is comprised of the following contractors: Balfour Beatty,
Carillion, Kier, Laing O'Rourke, Skanska and Willmott Dixon. Once the new framework
is established, it will operate side by side with the existing framework for a time.
The framework is predicted to be operational from December 2009. Further details
are available on the PfS website
click here.
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