Construction Works and Associated Services 2 (CWAS2) / ProCure 23 (P23)

NHS England and all other UK public sector bodies can buy a range of construction works and services.

Description

We have partnered with NHS England to provide a range of design, construction and building services for:

  • NHS capital projects which refers to the money spent on investing in buildings and infrastructure, including the maintenance and repairs of buildings and facilities
  • major and minor building works
  • general construction
  • civil engineering projects

We designed the flexible contract structure of this agreement to provide solutions for a range of needs. It includes advanced and innovative contract arrangements which will allow you to buy services as self-managed sub alliances.

ProCure23 (P23) will be the fourth iteration of the ProCure agreement and will continue to provide design and construction services to the NHS and Social Care organisations. 

Lots 1 to 3 will be the default commercial agreement for capital health projects in England. The services in these lots will apply to England only.

Lots 4 and 5 will support the existing Construction Works and Associated Services agreement (CWAS). They will provide extra market capacity for larger value building works and general construction projects. You can use the services provided by lots 4 and 5 nationally.

The lot you use will depend on the value and requirements of your project. For more information, read our works and services document.

The agreement supports the following government policies and strategies:

  • building information modelling (BIM) which is a process that allows you to manage information while using technology and tools to plan and visualise the entire project during pre construction
  • life cycle cost
  • prompt payment
  • project bank accounts
  • early contractor involvement
  • social value

It will also complement other CCS agreements including:

  • construction professional services (RM6165)
  • construction professional services DPS (RM6242)
  • modular building solutions (RM6014)
  • building materials and equipment (RM6157)
  • facilities management marketplace (RM3830)

Benefits

  • value for money: we selected all suppliers using both qualitative and commercial measures
  • options to carry out further project specific checks to meet your needs
  • flexibility to change the quality/cost weightings at competition stage
  • includes pre-agreed capped contract rates for overheads, profit and labour
  • social value: you have the flexibility to tailor social value requirements in each further competition (includes local supply chain spend, apprenticeship opportunities and reduction of pollution)
  • collaboration: uses the Framework Alliance Contract which encourages collaboration between supplier and customer
  • complements our other construction frameworks to offer a complete, start to finish solution and integrated service
  • also includes contract arrangements which allows you to buy programmes of work as self managed sub-alliances to increase consistency, efficiency and improve value
  • fast and flexible: enables you to use and amend a range of the most commonly used contract forms to ensure they meet your own internal governance
  • access an implementation advisor who can guide and support NHS trust through the procurement process
  • offers pricing tools and early engagement with suppliers
  • access dedicated working groups to promote better working practices including:
    • design and assurance
    • modern methods of construction (MMC)
    • standard components

Carbon Reduction

All suppliers for this agreement have committed to comply with the Procurement Policy Note 06/21: 'Taking account of Carbon Reduction Plans in the procurement of major government contracts' as required. If a supplier is required to publish a carbon reduction plan, you can find it on their individual supplier details page.

Products and suppliers

There are 32 suppliers on this agreement

Lot 1.1: Healthcare Solution Provider <£20M - North East (Includes Yorkshire & Humber)

Expires:

8 suppliers

Lot 1.2: Healthcare Solution Provider <£20M - North West

Expires:

8 suppliers

Lot 1.3: Healthcare Solution Provider <£20M - Midlands (East and West)

Expires:

8 suppliers

Lot 1.4: Healthcare Solution Provider <£20M - East of England

Expires:

7 suppliers

Lot 1.5: Healthcare Solution Provider <£20M - London

Expires:

7 suppliers

Lot 1.6: Healthcare Solution Provider <£20M - South East

Expires:

7 suppliers

Lot 1.7: Healthcare Solution Provider <£20M - South West

Expires:

4 suppliers

Lot 2: Healthcare Solution Provider £20M – £70M - England

Expires:

8 suppliers

Lot 3: Healthcare Solution Provider >£70M - England

Expires:

7 suppliers

Lot 4: CWAS 2. Airfield Works – National Lot

Expires:

6 suppliers

Lot 5: CWAS 2. General Construction Works >£80m - National Lot

Expires:

19 suppliers

How to buy

You can buy from this agreement through further competition or direct award.

The length of a further competition will depend on:

  • the size, scale and complexity of your project
  • your projects requirements

Before buying from this agreement, you should first decide which lot(s) is most suitable using our Guided Match lot selector tool. If you are still unsure, contact us by email for help.

When you have decided on the lot, you will then need to:

  1. register as an additional client by completing the registration document
  2. return your registration document to us by email

There is no joining fee and no commitment, even after registering.

Once you have registered you can then access supplier alliance member rates. All prices and rates are the maximums that can be applied. For the avoidance of any doubt these cannot be exceeded. The prices and rates can be reduced/discounted by further competition or as a result of a negotiated reduction in a single source procurement or other process.

Running your procurement 

If you want to run a procurement you will need to complete an additional client user agreement (ACUA) form and return it to us by email. 

When we have received your ACUA form we will provide you with a unique reference number. You must reference your ACUA number on all communication with supplier alliance members. 

You will also need to state which procurement portal you will be using to ensure that suppliers are registered and can respond to your bid. Once the supplier alliance member receives your ACUA reference number, they can bid on your project.

Once you have exchanged contracts, construction work will soon begin.

Choosing your contract

All the commonly used procurement routes, tendering methods, payment arrangements and standard forms of contract are available from lots 1, 2 or 3 you will need to use the New Engineering Contract 4 (NEC4) forms of contract.

Boiler-plate clauses are included for things such as GDPR and intellectual property rights. You have the freedom to include additional contract changes at the further competition stage.

The contract types available include:

  • NEC 3 or 4: provides a wide range of project management contracts and ensures users complete projects on time, on budget and to the required standards
  • joint contracts tribunal (JCT) provides a suite of standard contract forms which set out the responsibilities of all parties within the construction process such as who will complete the work, when they will complete it by and for how much 
  • PPC2000: offers a single contractual hub, allowing all team members to ‘contract as a team’ on identical terms
  • term alliance contract (Tac-1): provides any type or size of works, services or supplies
  • Scottish building contract committee (SBCC): where the work involved is simple and designed by or on behalf of the employer and uses the JCT forms wherever possible

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