Worth £500 million over six years, the Multi-disciplinary Consultancy Services Framework (MDC1) is available to public sector organisations across two of LHC’s divisions; CPC, which covers the North of England, the Midlands and Anglia, and LSE, covering London and South East.

Gary Cawley, CPC Regional Director welcomes the new construction framework with 12 workstreams – which can be used by a wide range of public sector clients including local authorities; registered social landlords; tenant management organisations and arm’s length management organisations; health authorities; councils, boards, and trusts; publicly funded schools and further education establishments, and registered charities:

“This framework l enables these organisations to access high quality pre-approved suppliers to achieve a compliant asset management regime across a range of buildings including education, healthcare and service stations, community buildings, residential properties (when part of a mixed-use development), commercial to residential conversions, and their associated works.�

Ethan James, LSE Acting Regional Manager, said: 
“This is the first time we have offered a framework like this to our region, which has been designed to provide a comprehensive range of high-quality consultancy services across multiple disciplines to the public sector for projects of all sizes. Not only does it meet client need and truly reflect the current market, but it also offers something more.”

“Bidders were evaluated based on scenarios reflecting real life situations that clients would encounter, assessing areas such as customer service, site and procurement risk, flexibility and sensitivity to differing needs, such as EDI matters.”

“In that way we can increase equal opportunity, reduce barriers to entry for smaller businesses, and appoint companies with diverse leadership and workforces that reflect the regions and communities that the framework will serve.�

The tenders were evaluated on a 70% quality and 30% price split using ‘deviation from mean’ formulas instead of the usual best price rank. This was to make the framework as balanced as possible and even the playing field for micro-SMEs, small enterprises, and medium to large companies.

MDC1’s workstreams cover: architecture, building services engineers, building surveyors, clerks of works, quantity surveyors, employers agents, planning consultancies, principal designers, project management, structural engineering, civil engineering, and multi-discipline services. 

All appointed companies are registered and qualified organisations with experience of working to the requirements of insurance companies, and any organisation which is bound to procure under the PCR2015 can access this framework.

The full list of appointed companies (in alphabetical order) is:

• Academy Consulting Solutions Limited
• ADP Architecture Limited
• AHR Building Consultancy
• Airey Miller Ltd
• Allies Morrison
• Architecture00 Ltd
• Arcus Consulting LLP
• Aura Newcastle Ltd
• Austin-SmithLord LLP
• Autor Ltd
• Avanti Architects Ltd
• Bailey Partnership (Consultants LLP)
• Baily Garner LLP
• BDP
• Beta Design Consultants
• Betteridge & Milsom
• Blakeney Leigh Ltd
• BPP Construction Consultants
• BPTW
• Buro Happold
• Butler & Young Associates
• ByrneLooby Partners Limited
• Cairn Architecture Ltd
• Calfordseaden LLP
• Campbell Reith Hill LLP
• Capital Property & Construction Consultants Ltd
• Caulmert Ltd
• Clancy Consulting Ltd
• Costplan Services (South East) Ltd
• Couch Perry Wilkes
• Currie & Brown UK Limited
• Curtins Consulting Ltd
• Daniel Connal LLP
• Daykin Marshall Studio
• Desco (Design & Consultancy) Ltd
• DMR Surveyors Ltd
• DSDHA
• ECD Architects
• Egniol Consulting Limited
• Elvet Construction Consultants
• Faithful+Gould
• Faithorn Farrell Timms
• Fraser Brown MacKenna Architects
• Fusion Project Management Ltd
• Gladstone Consulting Ltd TA Safety Advisors
• Glancy Nicholls Architects Ltd
• Gleeds Management Services Limited
• Gotch Saunders & Surridge ta
• GSS Architecture
• Haworth Tompkins Ltd
• Hayhurst and Co
• HBL Associates
• Hickton Consultants
• HKS Architects Limited
• Hunters
• IK Consulting Engineers Ltd
• Initiate Consulting Limited
• Jestico + Whiles + Associates Ltd
• John Rowan and Partners LLP
• JPN Projects Ltd
• Karakusevic Carson
• Keegans Ltd
• Kier Business Services Ltd
• Levitt Bernstein Associates
• LSI Architects (Design) Limited
• Malachy Walsh & Partners
• Marcel Hendricks & Partners Ltd
• Marstan BDB LLP
• Martin Arnold Limited
• McBains Cooper
• MESH Construction Consultancy
• Method Consulting LLP
• Metropolitan Workshop
• Michael Dyson Associates Limited
• Moll Architects
• Montagu Evans LLP
• MPN UK LIMITED
• One Consulting Group
• Perega
• Pick Everard
• Pierce Hill Project Services Ltd
• PinnacleESP
• Playle & Partners LLP
• Potter Raper Ltd
• Price & Myers LLP
• Pulse Associates Ltd
• Quaye Services Ltd
• Quod
• Rapleys LLP
• RCKa
• RG+P
• Richard Jackson Ltd
• Ridge and Partners LLP
• RISE MANAGEMENT CONSULTING
• Rock Townsend
• Rund Partnership Ltd
• Silver DCC
• Stace LLP
• Stantec UK Ltd
• Starris Projects Ltd
• Storm Tempest
• Structa LLP
• Summers Inman Construction and Property Consultants
• The Fulker Consultancy Limited
• Thomas & Thomas
• Tisserin Engineers
• TOCA
• Turley Limited
• Turner & Townsend Project Management Limited
• Ward Williams Associates
• Watts Group Limited
• Waugh Thistleton Architects
• Welling Partnership Property and Construction Consultants
• Wren Architecture & Design Ltd
• WT Partnership

The framework will run from 11 January 2022 until 10 January 2028.