RM6320 Is Live: The £120bn Framework Bid Race Has Started

Crown Commercial Service has now put RM6320 out to tender.

This is the third-generation Construction Works and Associated Services framework, with an estimated total value of £120bn, running from January 2027 to January 2035. It replaces and consolidates several existing public sector routes to market, including ProCure24.

For UK contractors, this is not a routine framework refresh. It is the biggest construction framework renewal currently in play.

Who Can Access RM6320

The buyer base is broad. RM6320 is expected to be used by:

• Central Government departments
• Local authorities
• NHS bodies
• Police services
• Fire and rescue services
• Education bodies
• Housing associations
• Devolved administrations across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

That breadth matters. Winning a place is not just about one client pipeline. It creates a route into multiple public sector commissioning streams over an eight-year term.

The Seven Core Lots

RM6320 is structured around seven core lots:

1. General construction
2. Civils and infrastructure
3. Offsite solutions
4. ProCure24 healthcare
5. Defence
6. International
7. Nuclear

Directors should map each lot back to delivered evidence now, not later. Procurement scoring will favour bidders who can show specific, recent, relevant delivery in the lot they select.

The Sub-Lot Detail Most Contractors Will Miss

The headline lots will get the attention, but the tactical opportunity sits underneath.

Lot 1 (General Construction) and Lot 2 (Civil Engineering and Infrastructure) both include sub-lots for projects under £5m. Those sub-lots are split across 12 UK sub-regions, with around 8 to 12 places per region.

These are not tier-one national contractor positions. They exist for established regional contractors with strong local delivery records.

If you are a regional business assuming RM6320 is only for national names, that assumption is likely to cost you.

Key Dates

• Tender deadline: 3:00pm, 4 June 2026
• Award decisions: 11 January 2027
• Framework start: 21 January 2027

That gives bidders a short runway to submit and a long runway to benefit if they secure a place.

Procurement teams are not waiting until January 2027 to start shaping their supplier views. The shortlisting behaviour has already started.

Procurement managers building approved supplier lists are searching contractor names right now. A slow website, thin Google profile, or dormant LinkedIn presence filters contractors out before a tender conversation even starts.

The contractors who win framework places are not always the biggest. They are the ones who look credible and are easy to verify online.

This is where digital presence stops being a nice-to-have. If your visibility is behind your delivery capability, fix it now through a clear, consistent construction marketing system before the next bid window closes.