More than 30 contractors have secured a place on the Education & Skills Funding Agency's (ESFA) new £8 billion framework.
The four-year programme is divided across 22 regional lots and will support the delivery of the ESFA school building programmes, as well as being available for schools and local authorities to use for their own projects.
Nigel Brook, Executive Director of construction and infrastructure services at Kier, which has been awarded a number of places on the framework, said: "We're extremely pleased to have been appointed to the Education and Skills Funding Agency's new construction framework. We delivered over £700m of projects through the previous framework and are looking forward to working with education providers to deliver vital schemes over the next four years."
The 33 contractors appointed to the framework are as follows;
High Value Band – Intended for projects over £12m
1.1 Lot 1 – High Value Band: North
• BAM Construction Limited
• Carillion Construction Ltd
• Galliford Try Building Limited
• Kier Construction Limited
• Wates Construction Limited
• Willmott Dixon Construction Limited
1.2 Lot 2 – High Value Band: South
• BAM Construction Limited
• Bouygues UK
• Bowmer & Kirkland Ltd
• Carillion Construction Ltd
• Kier Construction Limited
• Sir Robert McAlpine
• Wates Construction Limited
• Willmott Dixon Construction Limited
Medium Value Band – Intended for projects between £4.5m and £12m
2.1 Lot 3 – Medium Value Band: North East and Yorkshire
• Bowmer & Kirkland Ltd
• Clugston Construction Ltd
• Henry Boot Construction Ltd
• Interserve Construction
• Morgan Sindall
• Robertson Group
2.2 Lot 4 – Medium Value Band: East Midlands
• Bouygues UK
• Bowmer & Kirkland Ltd
• Henry Boot Construction Ltd
• Interserve Construction
• ISG Construction Limited
• Morgan Sindall
2.3 Lot 5 – Medium Value Band: East of England
• Farrans Construction
• Galliford Try Building Limited
• Interserve Construction
• ISG Construction Limited
• Morgan Sindall
• Styles & Wood
• The McAvoy Group Limited
2.4 Lot 6 – Medium Value Band: London
• Farrans Construction
• Galliford Try Building Limited
• Interserve Construction
• ISG Construction Limited
• Morgan Sindall
• Speller Metcalfe Ltd
• Styles & Wood
2.5 Lot 7 – Medium Value Band: South East
• Galliford Try Building Limited
• Interserve Construction
• ISG Construction Limited
• Midas Construction Ltd
• Morgan Sindall
• Stepnell Ltd
• Styles & Wood
2.6 Lot 8 – Medium Value Band: South West
• Galliford Try Building
• Interserve Construction
• ISG Construction
• Midas Construction
• Morgan Sindall
• Stepnell
2.7 Lot 9 – Medium Value Band: West Midlands
• Bouygues UK
• Bowmer & Kirkland
• Clugston Construction
• G F Tomlinson Building
• Interserve Construction
• Morgan Sindall
2.8 Lot 10 – Medium Value Band: North West
• Bouygues UK
• Bowmer & Kirkland
• Henry Boot Construction
• Interserve Construction
• Morgan Sindall
3. Low Value Band – Intended for projects up to £4.5m
3.1 Lot 11 – Low Value Band: North East
• Aura Newcastle
• Keepmoat Regeneration
• Kier Construction
• Styles & Wood
3.2 Lot 12 – Low Value Band: Yorkshire and the Humber
• Aura Newcastle
• Keepmoat Regeneration
• Kier Construction
• Styles & Wood
3.3 Lot 13 – Low Value Band: East Midlands
• G F Tomlinson Building
• Keepmoat Regeneration
• Kier Construction
• Robertson Group
• Styles & Wood
3.4 Lot 14 – Low Value Band: East of England A
• Barnes Group t/a Barnes Construction
• Bowmer & Kirkland
• Cadman Construction
• Kier Construction
• Net Zero Buildings
3.5 Lot 15 – Low Value Band: East of England B
• Barnes Group t/a Barnes Construction
• Bowmer & Kirkland
• Cadman Construction
• Keepmoat Regeneration
• Kier Construction
3.6 Lot 16 – Low Value Band: London
• Borras Construction
• Bowmer & Kirkland
• Diamond Build Plc
• Keepmoat Regeneration
• Kier Construction
• Net Zero Buildings
3.7 Lot 17 – Low Value Band: South East A
• Baxall Construction
• Bowmer & Kirkland
• Keepmoat Regeneration
• Kier Construction
• Net Zero Buildings
• T&B (Contractors)
3.8 Lot 18 – Low Value Band: South East B
• Bowmer & Kirkland
• Keepmoat Regeneration
• Kier Construction
• Net Zero Buildings
• T&B (Contractors)
3.9 Lot 19 – Low Value Band: South West A
• Bowmer & Kirkland
• Keepmoat Regeneration
• Kier Construction
• Speller Metcalfe
3.10 Lot 20 – Low Value Band: South West B
• Bowmer & Kirkland
• Kier Construction
• Net Zero Buildings
• REDS10
3.11 Lot 21 – Low Value Band: West Midlands
• Keepmoat Regeneration
• Kier Construction
• Midas Construction
• Robertson Group
• Styles & Wood
3.12 Lot 22 – Low Value Band: North West
• Eric Wright Construction
• Galliford Try Building
• Kier Construction
• Styles & Wood
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