Gold Standard frameworks, framework contracts and framework action plans should be assessed according to the means by which they deliver each of the Construction Playbook policies. Sections 8 to 23 of this review follow the sequence of the 14 Construction Playbook policies and its recommendations for evaluation and relationship management. The recommendations in this report and the checklist in Annex 2 summarise the ways in which framework strategies, procurement processes, contracts and management can deliver better, safer, faster and greener project outcomes through:
■ Frameworks and commercial pipelines
■ Framework market health and capability assessments
■ Framework portfolios and longer- term contracting
■ Harmonising, digitalising and rationalising framework demand
■ Further embedding digital technologies through frameworks
■ Framework early supply chain involvement (ESI) and Supply Chain Collaboration
■ Outcome-based approaches to frameworks and call-offs
■ Delivery models for frameworks and framework projects
■ Framework benchmarking and Should Cost Models
■ Effective framework contracting
■ Framework risk management and allocation
■ Framework mechanisms for payment and pricing
■ Economic and financial standing of framework suppliers
■ Evaluating frameworks and call-offs
■ Resolution planning through frameworks
■ Framework relationship management.
Gold Standard frameworks, framework contracts and framework action plans should also be assessed according to the ways in which they deliver the Construction Playbook cross-cutting priorities and the Compact with Industry. The recommendations in this report and the checklist in Annex 2 show how Gold Standard framework strategies, procurement processes, contracts and management can contribute to:
■ Health, safety and wellbeing, embedding CDM compliance, reduced occupational illness and support for small businesses in project and programme planning
■ Building safety behaviours and practices, starting with an improved procurement process that drives quality and required safety outcomes rather than lowest cost
■ Build back greener, including systems and processes to ensure that projects and programmes deliver on net zero carbon and other sustainability targets
■ Long-term, strategic collaborative relationships that underpin investments in people, technology and capacity and that lead to measurable improvements in productivity and project outcomes
■ Reward for industry partners delivering improved value through faster, better, greener outcomes, including more consistent, equitable risk transfer and a fair return
■ Working more collaboratively at all levels of the supply chain, with more focus on social value, sustainability and asset performance.