{"id":7338,"date":"2025-08-21T07:46:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T07:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/?p=7338"},"modified":"2025-08-21T07:46:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T07:46:55","slug":"fight-looms-for-3bn-west-midlands-building-framework","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/fight-looms-for-3bn-west-midlands-building-framework\/","title":{"rendered":"Fight looms for \u00a33bn West Midlands building framework"},"content":{"rendered":"

Market testing has kicked off for the third-generation Constructing West Midlands framework worth up to \u00a33bn.<\/p>\n

Acivico, owned by Birmingham City Council, is leading the procurement of CWM3 alongside partners Solihull and Sandwell councils. The framework will cover all building works, from new-builds and extensions through to repairs, M&E, infrastructure works and design services.<\/p>\n

The current CWM2 deal has delivered more than \u00a32bn of projects since its launch in 2011.<\/p>\n

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Firms with places on the existing set-up include Galliford Try, Morgan Sindall, Willmott Dixon, Speller Metcalfe, Seddon, Interclass and GF Tomlinson, all now facing a battle to keep their seats.<\/p>\n

CWM3 is expected to be split into lots with multiple suppliers, including at least one lot designed for SMEs.<\/p>\n

Firms have been given until 3 September to complete market engagement questionnaires<\/a><\/p>\n

The full framework is due to go live in September 2026 for an initial four years, extendable to 2033.<\/p>\n

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from Construction Enquirer https:\/\/ift.tt\/xvab8M0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Market testing has kicked off for the third-generation Constructing West Midlands framework worth up to \u00a33bn. Acivico, owned by Birmingham City Council, is leading the procurement of CWM3 alongside partners Solihull and Sandwell councils. The framework will cover all building works, from new-builds and extensions through to repairs, M&E, infrastructure works and design services. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":150,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-7338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-construction-enquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7338"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7339,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7338\/revisions\/7339"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}