Construction consultant McBains Cooper has been appointed onto three Crown Commercial Service (CCS) frameworks for public sector work, worth more than £2.8bn.
The firm has been awarded a position on three of the six-lot frameworks allowing the company to be appointed to a call-off contract either by direct award or further competition: Lot 1 – multi-disciplinary services; Lot 3 – architectural and design team services; and Lot 4 – cost management services.
The framework is available to all central government departments and other UK public sector bodies, including local authorities, health, police, fire and rescue, education and the devolved administrations.
McBains Cooper has already worked on a number of major public sector projects in the education, health, housing and police sectors such as Eton College, Urswick School in Hackney and North Kent Police HQ.
Each of the new lots provides national UK coverage and has been awarded for an initial two-year period, with the potential for two annual extensions, up to a maximum four-year duration.
Lot 1 has a total estimated contract value of £2.1bn over the four-year period.
Michael Thirkettle, chief executive at McBains Cooper, said: “Properties within the contracting authorities’ estates may vary widely, ranging from historic buildings through to modern state-of-the-art structures – all areas where McBains Cooper has had extensive experience.
“Securing these contracts provides McBains Cooper with an unprecedented level of access to a vast pipeline of UK public sector projects, especially given the government’s recent commitment to a £500bn-plus infrastructure investment programme.”
