Crescent Construction

The Framework will provide fully compliant, flexible and streamlined access to pre-qualified construction partners for the delivery of capital works projects across the education and wider public sectors throughout the UK. It will support a broad range of new-build construction and refurbishment schemes from schools, colleges and universities to healthcare and civic infrastructure using a variety of standard forms of contract (including JCT and NEC) to suit employer preference. The Framework is designed to reduce procurement burden at call-off, enable regional and project specific delivery through a lotting structure, and ensure alignment with the Procurement Act 2023, National Procurement Policy Statement (NPPS), the Construction Playbook and Gold Standard principles. 

The Framework has a total of 45 lots.

The Framework is split into 5 regional lots as follows: -

1. Lot 1 – England (North)
2. Lot 2 – England (Midlands)
3. Lot 3 – England (South)
4. Lot 4 – Wales
5. Lot 5 – Scotland

Each regional lot will be sub-lotted per contract form (9 in total) as follows: -

 a. JCT Minor Works Building Contract (MW)

b. CT Intermediate Building Contract (IC)

c. CT Design and Build Contract (D&B)

d. JCT Design & Build (D&B) with Pre-Construction Services Agreement (PCSA)

e. NEC4 Engineering and Construction Short Contract

f. NEC4 Engineering and Construction Contract

g. NEC4 Engineering and Construction Contract with NEC4 Professional Services Contract (the latter acting as a PCSA)

h. NEC4 Engineering and Construction Contract with D&B

i. National Federation of Demolition Contractors Direct Form of Contract

To learn more about the Crescent Construction framework please visit https://www.thecpc.ac.uk/construction 

The framework is a three partner project between CPC as the contracting authority and procurement specialist, Weightmans as the legal entity and Identity Consult as the technical support. 

Fully compliant with Procurement Act 2023, National Procurement Policy Statement (NPPS), the Construction Playbook and Gold Standard Principles 

Pre-agreed Bespoke Model Form Contracts (including JCT and NEC) drafted by the legal entity to legal advisors/experts 

A wide variety of suppliers including SMEs 

Allows regional and project specific delivery 

Varied and flexible call-off mechanisms to suit a wide variety of customer needs as a benefit

1. Using this framework supports our Giving Back initiative. Our charity's focus is on SEND, wellbeing and absenteeism

A full compliance pack will be available to all customers and is designed to assist those customers seeking assurance for internal governance purposes or those in receipt of grant funding who will need to demonstrate full compliance with procurement regulations to the funding body 

Direct Award including desktop calculator 

Further Competition 

Restricted Further Competition 

Important Procurement Act 2023 requirement

It is very important for CPC members to register on the new Find a Tender Service to create your organisation’s unique procurement identifier, known as an API Key. You then need to add the API Key to your profile on our MultiQuote eSender portal to run compliant mini competitions for our frameworks. It is a requirement under Procurement Act 2023 that relevant notices are published to the Find a Tender Service and MultiQuote can only publish your notices if you have added your API Key. See our Find a tender service registration web page for a step-by-step guide on how to register.

The CPC Quote Tool makes it easy to perform and manage a further competition exercise on this Framework. It's free to use for all our members and offers quick, compliant access to all suppliers on purchases that fall below £207,720.00

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If your purchase exceeds £207,720.00, the CPC Sourcing Cloud is available that complies with the regulations to allow electronic tender returns whilst still being free to use for our members. Find out more about the CPC Sourcing Cloud.

Direct award is best suited to procurements such as (but not limited to):

• Low value / low complexity requirements
• Where goods or services are exclusive to one supplier / provider
• Continuity or additions to existing goods or services
• Urgent / one-off requirements

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