Cumberland Council has picked a 15-strong contractor line-up for a new four-year capital works framework covering building and civil engineering jobs across the county.
The framework will be used for schemes up to £6m — with scope to push above that threshold on more complex mixed civils and building projects. Each lot carries an estimated value of £175m.
Local mainstays Cubby Construction, Story Contracting and Thomas Armstrong came away as the biggest winners, securing places on all three lots.
Equans Regeneration, Eric Wright Civil Engineering, R H Irving Construction and JN Bentley also made the list for larger mixed projects.
| Winning firms | Building | Civils | Mixed |
| Cubby Construction | X | X | X |
| DSD Construction | X | ||
| Equans Regeneration | X | X | |
| Eric Wright Civil Engineering | X | X | |
| F Parkinson | X | ||
| JN Bentley | X | ||
| Metcalfe Plant Hire | X | ||
| Michael Thompson | X | ||
| QTS Group | X | ||
| R H Irving Construction | X | X | |
| Roland Hill | X | ||
| Story Contracting | X | X | X |
| Thomas Armstrong | X | X | X |
| Top Notch Contractors | X | ||
| William King Construction | X |
Competition for places was intense, with more than 50 tenders submitted across the three lots. Morgan Sindall, Bethell, A E Yates, C R Reynolds and Erith were among the big regional names missing out entirely.
The framework will cover everything from school extensions, refurbishments and corporate building upgrades to bridges, retaining walls, town-centre public realm schemes, junction improvements, drainage packages and flood prevention works.
The framework runs from 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2029 after a short standstill period ends later this month.
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