The Hyde Group has picked 40 firms for a new £3bn main contractor framework, covering housing and regeneration projects across London, the South and East of England.

The seven-lot framework will be administered by National Framework Partnership and is open to other public sector bodies nationwide through a joining agreement.

Big names include Galliford Try, Wates, Lovell, Hill, Countryside, Graham, Higgins, Mulalley and Murphy, alongside mid-tier and SME firms such as Buxton, Bennett, Kind & Co, Thomas Sinden, Bugler, Purelake, Chartway, Thakeham, and Etec.

Eighteen firms secured places on the single all regions major project lot covering jobs over £50m+.

The framework runs for five years with a possible two-year extension, giving Hyde and its partners access to a flexible supply chain for new build, regeneration and refurbishment programmes.