Construction Professional Services 2
Summary
This closed framework, let under the Procurement Act 2023, gives the UK public sector access to technical advisory services that support building and civil engineering projects of all scales and sizes.
Update
7 November 2024
As you may be aware, the procurement dates for this agreement were put on hold due to the Cabinet Office’s decision to delay the introduction of the new procurement regulations. However, a new procurement timeline has now been confirmed, and updates can be found below on the next round of supplier and customer engagement, key milestones and proposed lot structure.
Description
This agreement will replace the existing RM6165 Construction Professional Services agreement and will give you access to technical advisory services for the full lifecycle of their projects.
Services will include, but are not limited to:
- project management
- cost management
- engineering, for example civil, structural, electrical
- architectural and design services (design of buildings, spaces and infrastructure)
- environmental and sustainability services
We can now share a proposed lot structure which can be viewed below. Details of this, along with progress updates on the specification will be shared in upcoming market engagement events (see below).
Benefits
- flexible routes to market, with an option to buy through either further competition or direct award
- the agreement will ensure compliance with key government policy and playbooks, including The Construction Playbook
- flexible framework structure to support a range of construction project types, procurement routes, tendering methods and design methodologies.
- access to industry standard forms of contract
- dedicated and knowledgeable category team who can provide ongoing support to you
- access to a range of suppliers who have a proven capability and a depth of expertise within their respective framework lots
Product types (proposed)
Lot 1: General infrastructure and built environment
Lot 2: Architectural
Lot 3: Project management
Lot 4: Commercial management
Lot 5: Defence
Lot 6: Defence enhanced
Lot 7: International
Lot 8: Nuclear
Flood risk and asset management (FRAM):
Lot 9a: Technical services
Lot 9b: Environmental services
Lot 9c: Commercial and programme management services
Customer engagement
Our first round of Customer engagement was held on Thursday 11th July 2024. The slides from this meeting are available for you to view.
The second round of customer engagement took place on Thursday 9th January 2025. The slides from this event are now available here.
We will also be running further market engagement sessions in April 2025 ahead of the planned ITT release date.
You can contact the team at cps2@crowncommercial.gov.uk should you have any further queries.
Supplier engagement
Our first round of supplier engagement was held on Tuesday 16 July 2024. You can now read the slides and read the questions and answers from the event.
Our second round of supplier engagement was held on Thursday 9 January 2025. You can now read the slides and read the questions and answers from the event.
Our final round of engagement for suppliers was held on Tuesday 13 May 2025. You can now read the slides from the morning session and read the slides from the afternoon session.
Following recent engagement sessions, you can now read the questions and answers log, and read the supporting annex.
Further ‘how to tender’ guidance for Construction Professional Services 2 (CPS2) will be published in July 2025.
Important links
| Planned procurement notice | Read planned procurement notice |
| Contract notice in find a tender (FTS) | Read contract notice |
| Tender documents | Not available yet |
Timeline
| Activity | Estimated dates |
| Pre-market engagement | May 2024 to January 2025 |
| Drafting of procurement documentation | April 2025 to June 2025 |
| Publication of find a tender (FTS) notice | 8 August 2025 |
| Framework Award | February 2026 |