The four-year framework, which is run through housing provider Places for People, is moving into its second generation and is designed to deliver a broad span of new and upgrade work from housing, education and health to offices, industrial and commercial.

The new framework dovetails with Central Government procurement reforms and will be launched to the public sector on 4 April 2022.

The Major Projects 2 framework, which has an option to extend for another two years, is divided into three regional lots covering  England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Alan Heron, director of procurement for Procurement Hub and Places for People, said: “This framework aims to be one of the most socially conscious, greenest, financially robust, and flexible frameworks available anywhere in the UK, enabling clients to benefit in all areas of procurement.

“We are aiming to achieve this by reflecting the principles of the UK Government’s Green Paper ‘Transforming Public Procurement’, The National Procurement Policy Statement, The Construction Handbook, The Construction Playbook, and the recently published ‘Constructing the Gold Standard’ report.”

Successful partners will be required to open up 85% of project values to local supply chains and SMEs.

They have also signed up to fast payment of subcontractors within 19 days and creating up to eight jobs per £5m of project value.

Nick Mennell, National Framework Manager, Willmott Dixon Construction, said: “We are thrilled to be continuing our partnership with Procurement Hub. The framework provides an excellent mechanism to enable customers to quickly and easily work with our construction and interiors businesses, while supporting the principles laid out in the Construction Playbook.

“The goals and values at Procurement Hub match ours including sustainability and social value targets. We can’t wait to continue the momentum of the first framework, providing customers with a fantastic financially robust and flexible framework for the future.”