Contractor margins should be set at 5% on public sector jobs, says Scape boss

By Jordan Marshall2018-11-29T06:00:00

Mark Robinson says mandating margins would benefit both clients and contractors

The boss of public procurement specialist Scape says that government should set margins at 5% for all projects procured by the public sector.

Addressing Building Live Scape chief executive Mark Robinson, who also said Scape’s next major projects programme would be worth more than £7bn, said there was no reason margins on public sector jobs could not be mandated.

He said: “I think that margins should be set across the industry particularly on public sector projects.

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