BAM Construction has been appointed to the Southern Construction Framework's South West lot, for projects over £4 million.

The Southern Construction Framework (SCF), is a leading construction procurement framework delivered by the public sector for the public sector in the South of England. It has announced the awarded contractors for its fifth generation, which includes new £1-5million value lots for the South West region. Only contractors that can demonstrate exemplary carbon benchmarking assessment for all builds have been chosen.

20 contractors have been awarded a place on SCF Construct of which 12 are new to the framework.

The winning contractors for the £4m+ lots are:

South West - BAM Construction, Bouygues UK, Galliford Try Construction, ISG Construction, John Graham Construction, Kier Construction, Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastructure, Tilbury Douglas, VINCI Construction, Wates Construction, Willmott Dixon Construction.


BAM has already delivered many schemes for the Framework, including the UKHO (UK Hydrographic Office) in Taunton, Somerton School in Somerset, Plymouth University’s NEDF, and in Bristol, Frenchay Primary School and the University of West England’s New Engineering Building, and Lyde Green and Elm Park Schools.

Created to support public sector construction and development in the region, across all sectors including education, health, local authority, leisure developments, SCF Construct is available to all public bodies in the South East, London and the South West. This latest generation includes additional lots for the South West, between £1m and £5m, which brings local expertise to clients in the region and the potential to access new local supply chains.

Winning contractors were put through a robust bidding process for the new generation framework, which will be launched in May 2023. The framework will give public sector organisations access to a full range of public sector construction solutions and includes access to construct-only or design and build, construction, and management services.

A commitment to provide a trustworthy, equitable, and ethical vehicle for delivery based on greater transparency and governance underpins the framework. For its fifth generation, SCF has chosen contractors that can demonstrate exemplary carbon benchmarking assessment for all builds and has prioritised carbon retrofit capabilities as part of its industry leading Carbon and Social Value targets.