This framework is available to all public sector organisations including  government departments and devolved administrations. The benefits of this framework include:

• fast and flexible: speed of access to market, providing choice and flexibility of different contract types
• standard boilerplate amendments for central government: this ensures consistent implementation of the latest government policies and to reduce the need for unnecessary drafting, creating a more efficient standardised approach
• construction products regulator: the newly established construction products regulator has also been taken into consideration and provision made within the framework to adopt their recommendations
• success measures: the contract includes agreed “success measures against which supplier performance will be measured at framework level. You can also adopt the template project level success measures which can be amended or supplemented to suit your requirements
• contract management: we actively manage framework performance and fulfil the role of alliance manager on each lot to ensure continuous service improvement
• social value: we put a strong focus on social value, and you can use the National themes, outcomes and measures (TOMS) Framework to measure outcomes
• sustainability: supplier focus on the government’s strategic priorities related to the environment such as the Greening Government Commitments Strategy
• evolving core list of products: the core list of products will be regularly reviewed with suppliers so that it reflects developments in the market and customer demand.  This core list is also available through the Government eMarketplace
• advanced alliance capability: brings together industry with the end user to promote collaborative working practices

Building Materials and Equipment is a Framework Alliance Contract (FAC-1), which prioritises collaboration, early contractor engagement and performance management. This reduces costs, shortens project timescales and reduces health and safety incidents on sites.

It supports the principles of the Government’s Construction Playbook to drive maximum efficiency from public sector contracts, while ensuring the sustainability and improvement of the construction industry.

Under FAC-1, subcontractors have to sign up to the main supplier’s terms and conditions, increasing transparency and peace of mind for public sector customers. It also allows customers to select different suppliers to work collaboratively, with shared success factors, to deliver efficiencies at project and programme level.

Through FAC-1, we aim to encourage more collaborative working and partnering, to safely deliver innovation to our customers, on time and to budget.

Become an Alliance Member

To use our framework you must become an Alliance Member. There is no joining fee and no commitment or obligation to procure from the Framework Alliance Contract.

This framework will run for 4 years with no option to extend. A total of 36 suppliers have been awarded across 9 lots:

Lot 1: heavy building materials and one stop shop

Lot 2: plumbing, heating and bathrooms

Lot 3: electrical products

Lot 4: paints and solvents

Lot 5: flooring

Lot 6: kitchens (domestic)

Lot 7: personal protective equipment (workwear, general and specialist)

Lot 8: building and construction tools and equipment – purchase

Lot 9: building and construction tools and equipment – hire

Visit the framework page.