Education Funding Agency invites 37 firms to tender for £5bn regional schools framework

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The government’s schools capital agency has shortlisted 37 contractors for its new £5bn framework for refurbishment and smaller new build schools jobs.

The Education Funding Agency (EFA) announced last year it would bring forward a new regional framework for schools work, which will comprise mainly refurbishment and remodelling work with some new build and is set to be worth as much as £5bn over four years.

Now the agency has shortlisted a total of 37 firms across the six regional lots the make up the framework, with Bam Construction, Kier, Wates and Willmott Dixon invited to tender for all of the regions (se list below).

Each of the contractors is also appointed to the EFA’s £4bn main contractors framework for school building.

Bowmer & Kirkland has been shortlisted for five out of the six regions, Morgan Sindall for four regions and Galliford Try for three regions.

Seven contractors will be appointed to each lot except London and the South-east, which will have eight contractors.

The framework will be used for the EFA’s capital programmes, including free schools, University Technical Colleges, academies and basic need and other programmes.

But it will also be made available to other bodies such as local authorities, academies trusts and individual schools.

The EFA said the value of the projects will typically range between £3m and £5m, but could includes projects from as little as £200,000 up to £10m.

The framework scheduled to begin operating in July 2014.

REGION 1 ~ NORTH EAST

£500m with 7 contractors expected to be appointed

Bidder Name
Aura North / Sir Robert McAlpine
Bam Construction
Bowmer & Kirkland
Clugston Construction
Interserve Construction
ISG Construction
Kier
Miller Construction
Morgan Sindall
Robertson Group
SET Construction Projects
Shepherd Construction
Wates Construction
Willmott Dixon Construction

REGION 2 ~ EAST OF ENGLAND

£750m with 7 contractors expected to be appointed

Bidder Name
Bam Construction
Bowmer & Kirkland
Clegg Construction
Clugston Construction
G F Tomlinson Building
ISG Construction
Kier
Lindum Group
Miller Construction
Morgan Sindall
R G Carter Construction
Shepherd Construction
Wates Construction
Willmott Dixon

REGION 3 ~ LONDON & SOUTH EAST

£1.5bn with 8 contractors expected to be appointed

Bidder Name
Bam Construction
Bouygues UK
Bowmer & Kirkland
Built Offsite
Galliford Try Construction
Geoffrey Osborne
Interserve Construction
Kier
Lakehouse Contracts
Miller Construction
Morgan Sindall
Rydon Construction
Shepherd Construction
T&B (Contractors)
Wates Construction
Willmott Dixon

REGION 4 ~ SOUTH WEST

£500m with 7 contractors expected to be appointed

Bidder Name
Bam Construction
Bouygues UK
Galliford Try Construction
Interserve Construction
ISG Construction
Kier
Midas Group
Morgan Sindall
Rydon Construction
Skanska
Wates Construction

Willmott Dixon Construction

 

 

 

 

REGION 5 ~ WEST MIDLANDS

£875m with 7 contractors expected to be appointed

Bidder Name
Bam Construction
Bowmer & Kirkland
E G Carter & Company
Interserve Construction
ISG Construction
Kier
Miller Construction
Seddon Construction
Skanska
Speller Metcalfe
Stepnell
Thomas Vale
Wates Construction
Willmott Dixon

REGION 6 ~ NORTH WEST

£875m with 7 contractors expected to be appointed

Bidder Name
Bam Construction
Bowmer & Kirkland
Conlon Construction
Cruden Group
Eric Wright Construction
Galliford Try Construction
Interserve Construction
ISG Construction
John Turner Construction Group
Keepmoat Regeneration
Kier
SET Construction Projects
Shepherd Construction
Wates Construction
Willmott Dixon