SCAPE £8bn, five-lot framework: procurement structure and risks for project teams
Reviewed by Joe Ashwell
First reported on The Construction Index
30 Second Briefing
SCAPE has opened procurement for a five-lot, £8bn construction framework spanning England, Wales and Northern Ireland, with three delivery partners to be appointed to each lot. Lot 1 and Lot 2 in England cover general construction and residential works respectively, each handling projects from small-scale schemes up to those exceeding £500m, with category values of £4bn and £2bn. Lot 3 in Wales is capped at projects over £150m within a £1bn total, while Northern Ireland’s Lots 4 and 5 split work at £15m project value, totalling £1bn.
Technical Brief
- Framework structure fixes three delivery partners per lot, shaping bidding strategies and workload distribution.
- Lot 2 explicitly includes decarbonisation, retrofit and maintenance, favouring contractors with deep refurbishment capability.
- Welsh Lot 3 bundles construction and housing works, enabling mixed-use and estate-wide regeneration packages.
- Northern Ireland’s Lot 4 caps individual schemes at £15m, suiting smaller regional contractors and niche civils.
- Lot 5 in Northern Ireland targets schemes above £10m, positioning Tier 1s for major public-sector pipelines.
- England’s Lot 1 combines general construction works and services, allowing bundled civils, buildings and associated infrastructure.
- Long-term “enduring strategic partnerships” model implies repeat-call-off potential, incentivising upfront framework mobilisation investment.
- For geotechnical and civils teams, lot segmentation signals parallel demand for site investigation, groundworks and temporary works design across three jurisdictions.
Our Take
Recent SCAPE-delivered schemes such as the Hertfordshire Constabulary HQ and the Doncaster remediation project in our database indicate that end-clients are already using SCAPE routes for higher-spec public safety and regeneration assets, so this framework is likely to be a key channel for similar complex civic projects across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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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