Britcon was appointed as an NEUPC framework contractor in 2024 on the Minor Works Framework, then as a Medium Works Framework partner in 2025. These frameworks, provide universities with a compliant, efficient route to market for estate upgrades, refurbishments and improvement projects.
- Minor Works projects up to £1m
- Medium Works / Building Refurbishment projects up to £10m
- These frameworks support the NE5 universities namely, Durham, Newcastle, Northumbria, Sunderland and Teesside and their wider estates requirements, with many projects delivered in live operational environments.
What The Frameworks Cover
Minor Works, for planned and reactive works that keep university estates safe, compliant and fit for purpose. Typical scopes include refurbishments and improvements to teaching spaces, laboratories, lecture theatres, libraries, offices, student accommodation, public areas, welfare facilities, plant areas and associated enabling works. Medium Works, for more complex refurbishment, upgrade and fit-out schemes across higher education buildings, including projects in older, constrained or heritage environments. Works can include multi-discipline refurbishments, internal remodelling, enabling works, plant and infrastructure upgrades and phased delivery in occupied buildings.
Routes To Market
Projects are called off through the framework using competition-based routes, giving clients control over programme, phasing, methodology and value, with governance built into the procurement process.
Where Britcon Adds Value
- Strong planning and stakeholder coordination in live environments
- Practical buildability input to de-risk scope, sequencing and access
- Disciplined safety and quality management
- Reliable supply chain coordination to protect programme certainty