SUPPORT

At SCF we’re here to make your journey as straightforward and supported as possible. As a bold joint venture between Devon County Council and Hampshire County Council, we’ve built our reputation on providing efficient construction, residential, and consultancy frameworks tailored for public sector organisations.

With over £9bn of public sector construction delivered, we understand how to achieve real value through our proven two-stage open book procurement process. But more importantly, our focus is on supporting you so that you can be confident you’re getting the maximum value and benefits from your project.

Since 2006, our dedicated team of framework managers has been by the side of clients, helping them successfully deliver around £500m of building work every year. We know the challenges, we know the opportunities, and we’re here to share our expertise with you at every stage.

We offer high quality delivery and proven added value

  • We demonstrate industry leading performance, commenced and completed on budget via a comprehensive choice of industry leading contractors and consultants.

  • Our dedicated Framework Management team provide unrivalled technical support from first contact to one-year post occupation.

  • Our frameworks offer a quick route to market whilst maintaining competitive tension. Our flexible approach allows full breadth of delivery and our quality management process ensures a high level of quality despite complex requirements.

  • Our collaborative and integrated team approach allows us to continuously offer a flexible means of delivering social and environmental values targeted to the needs of each project.

  • We proactively manage contractor performance through data driven intelligence at project, framework and industry levels.

  • We are forward looking and respond to rapidly changing client needs through innovative solutions.

Collaboration and Transparency

Market Intelligence Reports 

As part of SCF’s commitment to collaboration and transparency, every quarter, SCF main contractors gather market intelligence from the construction industry directly through their trade supply chains. Our intelligence analyses data across 11 key trade packages from across the south of the UK, identifying regional market trends and forecasts for the following year.

Data for this report has been formed from over 150 subcontractors from across the south of the UK, providing a real-time indication of market trends from those directly involved with construction. We share this information with our clients to highlight key areas of risk that may impact on project delivery, it helps to make decisions about material specification,
construction methodology, off-site or automated construction techniques and project planning and programming, ensuring the best possible decision making to deliver maximum value. 

Market Intelligence Reports

Local Supply Chain Portal 

As a part of the open book process offered under SCF, our main contractors utilise a procurement portal called Local Supply Chain throughout the PCSA. This portal can be accessed by our clients and their consultant team to view the subcontract work packages.

Local Supply Chain (LSC) is a cloud-based supply chain management and procurement platform, which has been designed and developed for the construction industry. LSC provides main contractors with access to over 25,000 suppliers across the UK. In the past year alone, an average of more than £1m worth of contracts has been awarded every day.

LSC will allow SCF’s clients unrivalled access to commercial management information in real-time, driving intelligent decision-making early enough in the project to improve outcomes and predictability. Following contractor appointment, SCF will invite the client and their team to register.

LSC Client Guide

Dedicated Framework Team   

Our Framework Team is here to provide complete, end-to-end support as your trusted managed framework partner. From Pre-procurement, to pre-construction, right through to project completion and beyond, we are with you every step of the way. Our role is to ensure seamless delivery, proactive guidance, and dependable support throughout the entire journey.

Matthew Elliott

Senior Framework Manager
(South West) 

matthew.elliott@devon.gov.uk
01392 382444
07929 844565

Gabby Stevens

Assistant Framework Manager (South West)

gabby.stevens@devon.gov.uk

01392 382444

Alex Nelhams

Senior Framework Manager
(South East/ London) 

alex.nelhams@hants.gov.uk
07717 003869

Adrienne Turner

Framework Manager
(South East/ London) 

adrienne.turner@hants.gov.uk
07759133720

Kingsley Clarke

Head of SCF (South West)

kingsley.clarke@devon.gov.uk
07805 760622
01392 382444

James Wright

Head of SCF (South East and London)

james.wright@hants.gov.uk
07761 330560

A collaborative approach

While the two authorities in SCF share a central management system, common processes and work closely together, each provides a local point of contact for their region. Devon County Council provides support for framework projects in the South West, Hampshire County Council for those in London and the South East.

View the SCF video

Sharing best practice

SCF is structured into three ‘lots’ to reflect the geography of the regions. All SCF contractors, regardless of the lot they are appointed to, meet together on a monthly basis with the framework management team to share best practice, drive forward new improvements, and review performance, workload and market intelligence. Together as a partnership we are committed to giving framework users the best possible construction experience, and to improving year on year.

History

SCF is the fourth generation framework in the South of England, and succeeds previous generations most recently Southern Construction Framework but also including the South East and London Framework (SEaL), Construction Framework South West (CSFW), Improvement and Efficiency South East (iESE) and South East Centre of Excellence Construction Framework (SECE).