Scape £1.2bn regional construction framework: procurement lens for project teams
Reviewed by Joe Ashwell
First reported on New Civil Engineer
30 Second Briefing
Scape has launched procurement for its next-generation Regional Construction Works and Services framework, valued at £1.2bn and aimed at public sector building and infrastructure projects across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The framework will cover multi-disciplinary design-and-build and refurbishment works, enabling councils and public bodies to let projects through a single OJEU-compliant route rather than multiple stand-alone tenders. Contractors can expect bundled packages combining civils, structural works and M&E, with call-off contracts likely to favour standard NEC forms and measurable term arrangements.
Technical Brief
- Regional Construction Works and Services framework branding indicates separate lots by geography and/or project scale.
- Framework structure is expected to support both vertical building and linear infrastructure packages under one umbrella.
- Multi-year call-off potential allows batching of repeat works, smoothing contractor workload and plant utilisation.
- Centralised procurement should reduce duplicated tendering, shortening pre-construction periods for local authorities.
- For geotechnical and civils teams, a single framework route simplifies early contractor involvement on complex groundworks.
- Similar regional frameworks have previously been used to deliver highways, bridges and flood defences in grouped programmes.
Our Take
The tender notice covered by our 13 July 2026 item shows this Scape Regional Construction Works and Services framework is targeted at sub‑£15m schemes across the Midlands and East, signalling a pipeline geared to medium-sized public projects rather than megaprojects.
Within our 923-item Infrastructure corpus, Scape appears mainly in procurement and framework pieces, indicating it is shaping delivery routes and contractor access to UK public-sector work more than acting as a project promoter itself.
Because New Civil Engineer is also active in digital-delivery debates – for example its June 2026 webinar on BIM and asset data handover – frameworks of this scale in the United Kingdom are likely to become testbeds for tightening information requirements and standardising close-out data on regional schemes.
Prepared by collating external sources, AI-assisted tools, and Geomechanics.io’s proprietary mining database, then reviewed for technical accuracy & edited by our geotechnical team.
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