Interserve and Kier off Scape framework

Struggling Interserve and Kier have both lost their spots on Scape’s new slimmed down framework for public private partnership work.

The pair are among seven firms to have missed out on the Venture framework – with Ashe, Clegg Construction, GF Tomlinson, Lindum and Jeakins Weir also being dropped.

Wates, Morgan Sindall, Willmott Dixon and Balfour Beatty have retained their spots, while Robertson, which has been appointed to cover projects of all values across Scotland, was the only new addition.

Perfect Circle, a consortium made up of Gleeds, Pick Everard and Aecom, has been chosen to provide consultancy services nationally. 

Mark Robinson, chief executive of Scape, said: “The delivery partners we have selected will all be supported by strong local supply chains which will ensure projects are delivered on-time and on-budget, while stimulating local economic growth by keeping the pound local.”

Scape said the framework had been developed to assist local authority-owned private companies, charitable bodies, joint venture partnerships and special purpose vehicles with projects that are privately financed.  

The previous version of Scape Venture was responsible for a number of significant schemes, including the RSPB Sherwood Forest visitor centre in Nottinghamshire, the National Space Centre in Leicester and the University of Cambridge Eddington Estate Management Office.