Birmingham City Council have announced that they’re looking to renew their £2bn Construction West Midlands Framework used for new build and refurbishment works – which has put property and construction firms on high alert. The existing framework is set to expire in the Autumn of 2019.

We’re in Birmingham on Monday to discuss some of the biggest developments in the city, with Simon Delahunty-Forrest (City Design & Conservation Manager within the Planning & Regeneration Team) and Cllr Peter Griffiths (Kings Norton South Ward MP & Cabinet Member for Housing and Homes) of Birmingham City Council set to present at the Birmingham Development Plans Conference. And the Council’s Procurement Manager will be attending our Construction Frameworks Conference on the 24th.

Existing firms on the framework include:

  • Balfour Beatty
  • Bouygues
  • Morgan Sindall
  • Willmott Dixon

They’ll now face a fight to retain their places, with Birmingham City Council now starting a market engagement exercise ahead of a formal invitation to bid later this year. The new framework, which will have a £100m annual spend, is anticipated to be split into lots with estimated project values starting at over £100,000, but the precise set up will be finalised after the pre-market engagement questionnaire is completed by contractors – with contractors needing to register before the 1st June to receive this.

The works will cover the wider West Midlands and potentially area’s adjacent. It will therefore be open to and utilised by other local authorities and public sector bodies across the wider West Midlands. Works are to include, but not limited to:

  • New build works
  • Refurbishment and fit out
  • Fabric repairs, replacement and installation
  • Alteration and extension
  • External works
  • Associated services which may include for contractors design

Join us at the Birmingham Development Plans Conference on Monday and speak further with Birmingham City Council and others.

Or Join us at the Construction Frameworks Conference on the 24th and speak further with Birmingham City Council’s procurement team.