IN Brief:
- Galliford Try has secured a place on the £3bn Constructing West Midlands 3 framework.
- Its Major Works appointment covers public sector projects valued above £10m.
- The framework can support new buildings, refurbishment, retrofit, enabling works, building services and associated infrastructure.
Galliford Try has been appointed to the latest £3bn Constructing West Midlands framework, securing a place on its Major Works lot for public sector building projects valued above £10m.
The appointment gives the contractor access to a regional procurement route spanning education, housing, health and leisure, with local authorities and other eligible public bodies able to use the framework for construction work. Constructing West Midlands 3 replaces the previous generation of the arrangement, on which Galliford Try also held a place.
Although the framework carries a £3bn headline value, that figure represents the overall procurement ceiling rather than contracted revenue for the businesses selected. Individual schemes will still need to be brought forward and awarded through the permitted call off procedures, leaving each contractor’s eventual workload dependent on project demand and the outcome of later competitions.
The procurement scope is broad enough to cover both new and existing public estates. Alongside new buildings and extensions, clients can use the framework for remodelling, retrofit, refurbishment, renovation and repair, together with mechanical and electrical services, demolition, enabling works, fit out, civil engineering, landscaping and specialist installations.
Galliford Try has been appointed to the Major Works lot, which is intended for projects above £10m. The framework is expected to remain available until September 2030, creating a four year procurement route through which authorities can commission projects without restarting a full contractor selection process each time.
That does not remove competition at project level. Depending on the procurement route chosen by the client, schemes can still pass through further competition or another permitted call off mechanism, while preconstruction services can be incorporated ahead of the main works where early contractor input is required.
The structure is intended to reduce repeated procurement administration while maintaining a pool of contractors that has already passed the framework’s qualification stage. For public bodies managing programmes rather than isolated projects, that can shorten the route between budget approval and contractor appointment while preserving a competitive stage around the individual scheme.
Galliford Try’s place is also relevant to refurbishment and estate renewal, where projects are often harder to package than conventional new construction. Schools, civic buildings, leisure assets and health estates frequently need structural, mechanical and electrical work to be undertaken around occupied or partially operational buildings, placing greater emphasis on enabling works, phasing and temporary arrangements.
Those requirements are reflected in the framework’s scope, which does not treat building services, demolition or enabling packages as separate from the principal construction work. They can instead form part of the same procurement route, allowing the delivery strategy to respond to the condition and operational constraints of the asset involved.
Galliford Try has continued to increase its exposure to public procurement frameworks during 2026. Shortly before the West Midlands announcement, the business confirmed an appointment to Pagabo’s national civil engineering and infrastructure framework across a number of regional, sector and value bands.
The contractor also operates across education, highways, water and other regulated or public sector markets where framework appointments can provide access to a pipeline without guaranteeing individual contracts. The resulting order book therefore develops as projects move from framework eligibility into actual awards rather than when the framework itself is announced.
Constructing West Midlands has previously been used to procure large public building programmes across the region, and the latest generation raises the threshold attached to its Major Works lot. Galliford Try’s earlier appointment covered projects above £5m, whereas the new structure separates schemes above £10m from lower value construction packages.
That change gives the Major Works lot a clearer focus on larger capital schemes while retaining lower value routes elsewhere in the framework. As councils and other eligible clients bring forward individual projects, the practical value of the appointment will depend on how much of that pipeline progresses into funded procurement during the framework term.
For Galliford Try, the appointment therefore adds another route into regional public building work rather than a single £3bn contract. The first meaningful measure of workload will come as authorities begin to award individual Major Works packages under the arrangement through to 2030.
