22/02/23: For new requirements over £80 million, use lot 5 of the RM6267 Construction Works and Associated Services 2 (CWAS2) / ProCure 23 (P23) agreement.
Construction Works and Associated Services
Delivers a wide range of major and minor building, and civil engineering projects for central government and the wider public sector.
Enables public sector organisations and their arm’s-length bodies to access all types of building and civil engineering works.
The flexible contract structure is designed to provide solutions for varying customer requirements. It includes advanced, innovative contract arrangements, allowing customers to procure programmes of work as self-managed sub-alliances.
The framework is arranged in 11 lots of varying levels of complexity and value of work from £0 – £3m up to £80m+. This includes general construction and also specialist market areas:
- housing
- high-rise
- maritime
- airfields
- demolition / decommissioning
- construction management
Individual lots are divided into regional sub-lots appropriate to the market sector and value range. The lower value lots support direct access to SME suppliers.
All of the commonly used procurement routes, tendering methods, payment arrangements and standard forms of contract are available. Standard common government boilerplate clauses are included for things such as GDPR and intellectual property rights. Individual customers have the freedom to include additional project or customer specific contract amendments.
The framework supports the implementation of government policies and strategies:
- building information modelling (BIM)
- life cycle cost
- prompt payment
- project bank accounts
- early contractor involvement
- social value
It also aligns suppliers and customers in achieving agreed success measures for each lot. Advanced alliance facilities are included to increase the potential for consistency, efficiency, improved value and lessons learned by integrating or connecting:
- a programme of work comprising more than one project to be awarded to one or more suppliers
- the design, capital and operational phases of any one or more projects, to be awarded to one or more suppliers
- value for money: we selected all suppliers using both qualitative and commercial measures
- options for you to carry out further project specific checks to meet your needs
- flexibility to change the quality/cost weightings at competition stage
- includes pre-agreed capped contract rates for overheads, profit and labour
- social value: you have the flexibility to tailor social value requirements in each further competition (includes local supply chain spend, apprenticeship opportunities and reduction of pollution)
- collaboration: uses the Framework Alliance Contract which encourages collaboration between supplier and customer
- complements our other construction frameworks to offer a complete, start to finish solution and integrated service
- also includes contract arrangements which allows you to buy programmes of work as self managed sub-alliances to increase consistency, efficiency and improve value
- fast and flexible: enables you to use and amend a range of the most commonly used contract forms to ensure they meet your own internal governance
- expert knowledge and support: our experienced team will offer both technical and commercial support
- you can also access a range of specific guidance documents and templates on the CWAS knowledge hub
- policy: aligned to and supports the principles of the Government’s Construction Playbook to drive maximum efficiency from public sector contracts
- also ensures the sustainability and improvement of construction industry
- lots are split up by value, location and specialisms which provides access and opportunities to SMEs at regional levels
- ensure you are selecting the best lot for your needs by using our Guided Match tool
There are 112 suppliers on this agreement
- Lot 1.1.1: Building Works & Minor Associated Civil Engineering Works & Servs–North England
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Value band £0 to £3 million
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- Lot 1.1.2: Building Works & Minor Associated Civil Engineering Works & Servs–South England
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Value band £0 to £3 million
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- Lot 1.1.3: Building Works & Minor Associated Civil Engineering Works & Servs–Wales
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Value band £0 to £3 million
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- Lot 1.1.4: Building Works & Minor Associated Civil Engineering Works & Servs–Scotland
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Value band £0 to £3 million
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- Lot 1.1.5: Building Works & Minor Associated Civil Engineering Works & Servs–N. Ireland
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Value band £0 to £3 million
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- Lot 1.2.1: Civil Engineering Works & Minor Associated Building Works & Servs–North England
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Value band £0 to £3 million
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- Lot 1.2.2: Civil Engineering Works & Minor Associated Building Works & Servs–South England
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Value band £0 to £3 million
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- Lot 1.2.3: Civil Engineering Works & Minor Associated Building Works & Servs–Wales
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Value band £0 to £3 million
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- Lot 1.2.4: Civil Engineering Works & Minor Associated Building Works & Servs–Scotland
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Value band £0 to £3 million
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- Lot 1.2.5: Civil Engineering Works & Minor Associated Building Works & Servs–N. Ireland
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Value band £0 to £3 million
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No suppliers
- Lot 2.1: Construction Works and Associated Services – North England
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Value band £3 million to £10 million.
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- Lot 2.2: Construction Works and Associated Services – South England
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Value band £3-10m
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- Lot 2.3: Construction Works and Associated Services – Wales
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Value band £3-10m
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- Lot 2.4: Construction Works and Associated Services – Scotland
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Value band £3-10m
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- Lot 2.5: Construction Works and Associated Services – N. Ireland
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Value band £3-10m
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- Lot 3.1: Construction Works and Associated Services – North England
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Value band £10-30m
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- Lot 3.2: Construction Works and Associated Services – South England
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Value band £10-30m
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- Lot 3.3: Construction Works and Associated Services – Wales
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Value band £10-30m
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- Lot 3.4: Construction Works and Associated Services – Scotland
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Value band £10-30m
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- Lot 3.5: Construction Works and Associated Services – N. Ireland
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Value band £10-30m
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- Lot 4.1: Construction Works and Associated Services – England/ Wales
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Value band £30-80m
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- Lot 4.2: Construction Works and Associated Services – Scotland
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Value band £30-80m
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- Lot 4.3: Construction Works and Associated Services – N. Ireland
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Value band £30-80m
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- Lot 5: Construction Works & Assoc Servs (£80m +) - National Lot across all UK regions
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National Lot across all UK regions £80m plus
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- Lot 6.1: Residential – North England
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- Lot 6.2: Residential – South England
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- Lot 6.3: Residential – Wales
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- Lot 6.4: Residential – Scotland
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- Lot 6.5: Residential – N. Ireland
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- Lot 7.1: High Rise Accommodation – North England
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- Lot 7.2: High Rise Accommodation – South England
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- Lot 7.3: High Rise Accommodation – Wales
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- Lot 7.4: High Rise Accommodation – Scotland
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- Lot 7.5: High Rise Accommodation – N. Ireland
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No suppliers
- Lot 8: Maritime - National Lot across all UK regions
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- Lot 9: Airfields - National Lot across all UK regions
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- Lot 10: Demolition - National Lot across all UK regions
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- Lot 11: Construction Management - National Lot across all UK regions
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You can buy from this framework alliance contract either using Competitive Award Procedure or Direct Award procedure.
Competitive award duration is not defined as it will depend on the size, scale and complexity of your project or programme of works requirement.
You should first decide which lot(s) is most suitable using our Guided Match Lot selector tool. Guidance on selecting the appropriate lot is available in the documents section below. If you are still unsure then please contact us by email for help selecting the right lot.
- Register as an Additional Client with CCS by completing the registration document (available to download in our documents tab below) and return the document by email to CCS. There is no joining fee and no commitment, even after registering.
- Once this has been completed you can then access supplier alliance member rates. If you wish to run a procurement you will also need to complete an Additional Client User Agreement (ACUA) form (in the documents section below) and return the document by email to CCS.
- CCS will issue a unique reference number on receipt of this form for your project or programme of works. This number must be referenced and included on all correspondence and communication with supplier alliance members. You will also need to state which procurement portal you will be using to ensure the suppliers are registered and can respond to your bid.
- When the supplier alliance member receives the ACUA reference number for your project they can bid on your invitation. Once contracts are exchanged, construction work will soon begin.
Choosing your contract
There are a variety of industry specific contracts offered to customers under this framework:
- NEC produces a diverse range of definitive end-to-end project management contracts that empower users to deliver projects: on time, on budget and to the required standards
- JCT produces a suite of standard forms of contract that set out the responsibilities of all parties within the construction process and their obligations; it is clear what work needs to be done, who is doing it, when are they doing it by, and for how much
- PPC2000 offers a single contractual hub, allowing all team members to ‘contract as a team’ on identical terms; aligning contractual project management processes with teamwork methods and behaviours
- TAC-1 supports and integrates the provision of any type or scale of works and/or services and/or supplies
- SBCC: the Scottish Building Contract Committee (SBCC) standard contracts aim to create as much uniformity across the UK as possible by adopting the JCT forms wherever possible; it can be used in Scotland
- RM6088 Buyer guide v1.3
- RM6088 CCS CWAS framework alliance contract v6
- RM6088 Specification
- RM6088 Specification annex A: project type
- RM6088 Specification annex B: service requirements v1.0
- RM6088 Specification annex C: procurement routes v1.0
- RM6088 Specification annex D: security requirements v1.0
- RM6088 Download annexes A to D
- RM6088 Standard boilerplate amendments
- RM6088 Additional client user agreement (ACUA) v3.6
- RM6088 Registration form v6.1
- RM6088 List of alliance members 06062025
- RM6088 List of contractors
- RM6088 Contracts finder documents
- RM6088 Award notification form v3.2
- RM6088 Strategic alliances guidance document
- RM6088 Strategic alliance FAQ’s