18/10/2021: This agreement replaces the Construction Products Consumables and Materials agreement. It will run for a fixed 4 years and there will be no options to extend.
Building Materials and Equipment
UK government departments, devolved administrations and the wider public sector can access a range of building materials, equipment and associated services.
We have awarded a total of 36 suppliers across 9 lots to provide the following services:
- heavy and general building materials
- heating and electrical products
- domestic kitchens
- paints and solvents
- flooring
- tool and plant sale and hire
- protective wear
This agreement brings together industry with the end user to promote collaborative working practices. It is 1 of 4 agreements that form the CCS integrated strategy for construction along with:
- Construction Professional Services (RM6165)
- Modular Buildings (RM6014)
- Construction Works and Associated Services (RM6088)
The terms and conditions for this agreement are under the Framework Alliance Contract (FAC-1). This is a flexible, standard form contract that helps to merge teams into an alliance and provides customers with improved results from using an agreement.
This agreement will run for 4 years with no option to extend.
- value for money: includes capped rates until July 2023 for product list items (excludes transport costs)
- provides the contracting authority with an opportunity to improve on the framework price through further competition
- sustainable products and less waste: suppliers provide sustainability action plans which show how they will reduce the environmental impact of their products
- suppliers will measure and monitor their own sustainability impact and that of their supply chain across multiple areas
- direct award: you can buy products from the core list using direct award
- 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 BME knowledge hub
- social value: we invite all suppliers to take our modern slavery assessment and all suppliers must provide an annual Slavery and Human Trafficking report
- flexibility: to tailor social value requirements in each further competition to meet your needs (includes net zero and reduction of pollution)
- Framework Alliance Contract: award contracts across multiple construction frameworks to provide not only materials but professional services and construction works
- evolving core list: we regularly review our core list of products and prices to ensure it reflects market developments and customer demand
Carbon Reduction
Some of the suppliers for this agreement have agreed to comply with the Procurement Policy Note 06/21: 'Taking account of Carbon Reduction Plans in the procurement of major government contracts'. If a supplier has published a carbon reduction plan, you can find it on their individual supplier details page.
There are 36 suppliers on this agreement
- Lot 1: Heavy Building Materials And One Stop Shop
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- Lot 2: Plumbing, Heating And Bathrooms
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- Lot 3: Electrical Products
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- Lot 4: Paints And Solvents
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- Lot 5: Flooring
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- Lot 6: Kitchens (Domestic)
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- Lot 7: Personal Protective Equipment (Workwear, General And Specialist)
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- Lot 8: Building And Construction Tools & Equipment - Purchase
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- Lot 9: Building And Construction Tools & Equipment - Hire
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You can buy from this agreement using:
Further competition will take around 4 to 6 weeks to complete, depending on the size and scale of your need. You should keep this in mind if you plan to use this route to market. You also have the option to use E-auctions.
You can use our CCS eSourcing portal to run your further competition. If this is your first time using our eSourcing suite, you will need to register an account.
If you have already registered, sign in to your eSourcing account.
To buy through this agreement you will need to:
- decide which lot(s) best fit your needs
- if you need any help with this, contact the team
- register as an additional client with CCS by completing the registration form
- once completed, you will need to email the registration document to our customer service centre
- there is no joining fee and no commitment even after registering
- to use this agreement the additional client will also need to complete an additional client user agreement form
- once completed, you will need to email the form to our customer service centre.
- you will then receive an additional client (customer) reference number
- you should put your reference number on all your communication between suppliers and ourselves
- you should follow the procedures set out in Schedule 4 which is also contained within our full customer guidance document
- place an order using the appropriate project contract listed below
- the contracts are also listed in paragraph 5, Schedule 5 of the Framework Alliance Contract
- complete the award notification form
- if appropriate, you can also complete the case study form
- Return your completed award notification form and case study form (if appropriate) by email to CCS
Choosing your contract
You can use the following contracts under this agreement:
- new engineering contract (NEC 4): used for the local and international buying and supply of high-value goods and associated services
- joint contracts tribunal (JCT): designed for smaller and simple construction and is suitable for projects provided through the traditional or conventional method
- Scottish building contract committee (SBCC): where the work involved is simple and designed by or on behalf of the employer
- term alliance contract (Tac-1): can be used to provide any type or size of works, services or supplies
- Materials purchase order short form:
- materials purchase order short form this form should be used for one-off purchases with suppliers where a long-term contract is not needed. Simply print out this form and send it to the supplier with the purchase order, quoting the ACUA reference number you have been provided with
- materials supply / supply and install conditions
- equipment hire agreement
- RM6157 Customer guide V10
- RM6157 Registration form v3
- RM6157 CCS construction building materials framework alliance contract version V 1.1 August 2022
- RM6157 Additional client user agreement v4
- RM6157 Expression of interest template v1
- RM6157 Materials purchase order short form conditions V2.0
- RM6157 Materials supply and install conditions longer form v1.1
- RM6157 Draft standard boilerplate amendments install conditions LF V1.0
- RM6157 Draft standard boilerplate amendments JCT SBCC minor works v1.0
- RM6157 Draft standard boilerplate amendments NEC4 SC V1.0
- RM6157 Draft standard boilerplate amendments TAC
- RM6157 Attachment 1a specification part 1 service v1.1
- RM6157 Attachment 1b specification part 2 technical v1.0
- RM6157 Equipment hire agreement v1.0
- RM6157 Award notification form v4
- RM6157 Customer knowledge hub joining instructions V2