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Hampshire County Council and Devon County Council have published a pre-market engagement notice for the sixth iteration of their southern construction framework, SCF6.
SCF6, valued at £4.5bn over five years, launches in May 2027; procurement begins in early 2026.
The local authorities behind the framework are inviting interested suppliers to help shape an initial set of proposals.
SCF5, which still has more than 18 months to run, has been used for the procurement of £1.59bn of public sector projects over the last two years, reaching 83% of its turnover target in just 54% of the framework’s term.
As with previous generations of the framework, SCF6 will predominantly support contracting authorities with construction projects across the southeast, southwest and London regions but will be open to all public sector bodies in England. It is intended to operate for all projects above £1m and will be split into geographic and value based lots.
In recognition of changing market needs, SCF6 will explore the use of single stage and hybrid approaches for certain project values, having previously been exclusively a two-stage procurement route.
Kingsley Clarke, head of SCF South West, said of the pre-engagement phase: “We encourage potential suppliers to engage with the questionnaire we’re launching today and contribute to shaping the next iteration of the framework.
“Whilst SCF will always promote and foster early contractor engagement and a collaborative approach to secure the best outcomes for project delivery, we acknowledge that we need to consider being more open to a single stage or hybrid approach to projects of a certain value, and welcome contractor contributions on this and more.”
SCF has traditionally operated on projects over £4m, with both Devon and Hampshire having domestic frameworks supporting the delivery of projects below this value. In the last four years, these domestic arrangements have been brought under the SCF brand. Under SCF6, the Councils intend to combine these procurements, both for their own internal efficiencies and to reduce bidding costs across the supplier base.
The preliminary engagement notice text can be found here.
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