Scape Group has announced the details of its new £1 billion national Consultancy frameworks to replace its current Built Environment Consultancy Services (BECS).

The firm has announced two new consultancy frameworks, one for England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and a dedicated framework for Scotland. Under the new frameworks, partners will be selected through a stringent tender process and will be announced in August 2020. Each framework will consist of three lots and will have a combined value of £1bn.

Accessible to any public sector organisation, the Scape National Consultancy framework will offer the broadest range of professional services available in the market, with an upper value of £1 billion. These will be direct award frameworks, with each lot led by an industry-leading player supported by an extensive local supply chain, whose expertise will drive forward public sector projects at pace.

Each lot provides specialist support in the areas of built environment consultancy, civil engineering and infrastructure consultancy and asset management respectively, giving clients access to comprehensive consultancy services that meet their individual needs.

The services available across the frameworks include, but are not limited to, project management, quantity surveying, building surveying, commercial surveying, architecture and design services, civil and structural engineering, electrical and mechanical engineering, health and safety, highways consultancy and engineering services and strategic asset management.

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The frameworks will be open to individual organisations and consortium bids and will run for a period of four years from August 2020. The framework will include lots for:

Scape's Prior Information Notice (PIN) for the re-procurement of the frameworks will be published online on 27th August 2019 via the Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) procurement platform. Market awareness days will be held in London, Leeds and Edinburgh during September, where interested companies can request 1:1 meetings. 

An OJEU Contract Notice will be published later this year with preferred bidders announced in Summer 2020. The new frameworks will allow the successful delivery partner(s) a full mobilisation period to establish methods, processes and time to train their teams, ready to engage with clients and take project enquiries as the current BECS framework moves towards expiry in October 2020.

Mark Robinson, Scape Group chief executive, said: "The public sector is operating in a much tougher economic environment and is being pushed to deliver more with fewer resources. We are committed to supporting our clients and evolving our services to better meet their changing needs, whilst ensuring value for money and efficient delivery of their projects.

"The decision to widen the remit of our consultancy offer has been taken following thorough market analysis and client consultation. The appointed delivery partner(s) will work closely with local supply chain networks to facilitate access to local companies and to maximise local spend. To date, the BECS framework has engaged with over 335 SMEs through its extensive supply chain. We expect the new frameworks to expand on this success with our broadened range of services."

The current BECS framework, led by Perfect Circle – a consortium comprising Pick Everard, Gleeds and AECOM, has been commercially successful, and it is projected to reach its value of £350m. To date, there have been over 1,000 commissions secured through the framework, with a total combined value of over £220m. The current framework will run until October 2020.

(MH/JG)