McLaren Construction Yorkshire & North East has secured a place on Lot 2 of the new £1.5bn YORbuild Major Works 2 Framework, covering public sector projects valued at more than £30m. The framework covers Yorkshire and the Humber, the North East, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and parts of Leicestershire. It will run for four years, with an option to extend for a further two years.
Andrew Beaumont, Managing Director at McLaren Construction, Yorkshire & North East, said:
“Securing a place on the YORbuild Framework is fantastic news for the Yorkshire & North East region and delivers on the strategic objectives we set ourselves in 2025. This strengthens our ability to support public sector organisations and allows us to focus on schemes where we can add genuine value from the outset. It also gives us a platform to demonstrate our commitment to social value, working with the framework’sYOR4Good Fund and YORscep, to create meaningful opportunities for communities and local supply chain partners."
Managed by East Riding of Yorkshire Council and Leeds City Council, the framework provides a compliant route for public sector bodies to procure major building works, with a focus on value for money, social value, responsible procurement and regional supply chain opportunities.
McLaren’s Yorkshire & North East division is based in Leeds and led by managing director Andrew Beaumont. The contractor said the appointment supports its regional growth strategy and strengthens its position in public sector construction. McLaren said its diversification into the public sector contributed £250m to turnover in the last financial year.
The YORbuild Major Works 2 Framework is one of the most significant public sector procurement routes in the north of England for large-scale building projects. Lot 2 covers schemes valued above £30m, giving appointed contractors access to major education, healthcare, civic, housing and regeneration opportunities across a wide regional footprint. For contractors, a place on the framework is not simply a pipeline opportunity. It is also a signal of delivery capability, compliance strength and capacity to meet public sector expectations around procurement governance, social value and regional supply chain engagement.
For McLaren Construction Yorkshire & North East, the appointment strengthens its position in a public sector market where framework access increasingly shapes who can compete for major work. It also gives the Leeds-based division a route into long-term programmes where clients are looking not just for construction capacity, but for contractors able to demonstrate local knowledge, preconstruction input, social value delivery and reliable project controls on complex capital schemes.
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