Framework Construction Contractors

Sport England (Non Departmental Public Body), during 2011, has procured a number of Framework Contractors to support its work in delivering the Inspired Programme of the Places People Play initiative to the Lottery.

Through the procurement process (fully OJEU compliant and taking 9 months), Sport England has chosen those most economically advantageous tenders in relation to their skills, experience, knowledge and quality of their work in their relevant areas.

For Lottery funded projects and programmes there is the ability for successful Lottery Applicants (Clients) to request a direct appointment off the Framework Agreements, in conjunction with Sport England Technical Team, thereby saving typical administrative costs associated with tendering for 3 written quotes, appointing consultants to develop the design, and costs associated with checking and challenging costs and quality. The Framework Contractors all offer a “one-stop” solution tailored to the individual needs of the Client and project, supported where necessary by Sport England Technical Team to ensure value for money proposals. Further information on the “Inspired” procurement approach is available on the “Inspired” document below.

Whilst the primary aim of the procurement process was to support the £50m Inspired Programme, the procurement process established that the successful Framework Contractors could be appointed to support other programmes and initiatives by Sport England but could be contracted by Other Contracting Bodies who were not necessarily applying to Sport England for funding.

In procuring the Contractors (Framework Providers), Sport England has enabled the ability for partner organizations to access the Contractors either “direct” or by “mini-competition” providing a similar approach to that of for example Government Procurement Services and other framework agreements.

Depending on Other Contracting Bodies own procurement processes, they can either use the relevant list of Providers to Tender to competitively (traditional procurement process) or approach any of the Framework Providers direct in a single source manner.

There are currently 4 Framework Agreements for construction works, available from January 2012 for 4 years:

Design and Construction of Innovative or Modular Solutions – principally modular changing rooms, clubhouse and storage units;
Design and Construction of External Sports Lighting – sports lighting for any outdoor sports facility
Design and Construction of Building Modernisation Improvements and Upgrades – principally for modernizing, improving and minor extensions to existing sport facilities or conversion to sports facilty; and
Design and Construction of Artificial Outdoor Sports surfaces – covers all artificial surfaces and includes macadam, acrylic, artificial grass pitches whether sand, 3g or water based.

Except for the Building Modernisation Framework, all other frameworks operate on a nationwide basis. Building Modernisation is split into 5 “Lots” or “regions”, identified in a separate link below.

Further details of each Framework Agreement and Contractors therein are available by clicking on the relevant documents and tabs.