In 2017 Crown Commercial Service procured consultant frameworks with a total value of £2.8 billion covering multi-disciplinary project management and full design services. In addition to each supplier signing a two-party bespoke framework contract, CCS led the creation and management of a multi-party alliance contract through which the appointed suppliers worked together in finding ways to deliver better value services to Government clients. Crown Commercial Service entered into an FAC-1 framework alliance framework with Aecom, AHR Architects, AMEC Foster Wheeler Environmental and Infrastructure, Arcadis, Capita, Faithful & Gould, Gleeds, Kier Business Services, Mace, McBains, Mott McDonald, Ridge, Turner & Townsend and WYG. The agreed objectives were to deliver improved value for framework clients by:
■ Sharing and monitoring best practice intelligence
■ Sharing and monitoring learning between projects and programmes of work
■ Establishing, agreeing and monitoring consistent and more efficient working practices
■ Agreeing and monitoring techniques for better team integration
■ Agreeing and monitoring improved procurement and delivery systems on projects and programmes of work
■ Sharing and monitoring other improvement initiatives created with contractors and other supply chain members.
The consultant alliance members developed shared best practice and consistent approaches to early contractor involvement and BIM. The agreed success measures and targets were:
■ Evidence of progress and completion of alliance activities by the alliance core group, by Special Interest Groups and by alliance members, in accordance with the agreed FAC-1 Timetable
■ Enhancement of the reputation of the framework
■ Additional users of the framework
■ Additional work awarded by users of the framework.