ProCure23 deal broken down into five lots

The government has fired the starting gun on a giant 拢30bn framework for public spending bodies in England.

to bid for the 56-month ProCure23 framework by the Crown Commercial Service.

It is the fourth generation of the ProCure framework, which has seen more than 1,200 project completed across England with a total spend of 拢9.7bn over the past 19 years.

Bidders have until 8 November to send in requests to participate with a webinar outlining more details about the process due to be held next Monday.

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The framework includes a 拢20bn lot for general construction jobs valued at more than 拢80m

The first three lots of the five-lot framework will be used for capital works for hospitals and will only be open to NHS bodies in England. They will not be used for the government鈥檚 new hospital programme.

These lots, which are all valued at 拢3bn, will cover healthcare projects valued at less than 拢20m, those valued between 拢20m and 拢70m, and those valued at more than 拢70m.

A fourth lot valued at 拢1bn will be used for the construction of airfield related works.

And a fifth lot valued at 拢20bn will be used for general non-sector specific construction jobs worth more than 拢80m.

These last two lots are effectively an expansion of the government鈥檚 Construction Works and Associated Services framework and will aim to drive forward the Construction Playbook launched last autumn.

Six firms sit on the current ProCure22 framework: Bam, Galliford Try, Graham, Tilbury Douglas, formerly Interserve, Kier and the Vinci/Sir Robert McAlpine joint venture called IHP.