Battle starts for places on £250m animal labs framework refresh

Ten contractors and nine consultants face a battle to retain places on a £250m refresh of construction partners for the Animal and Plant Health Agency’s flagship science campus at Weybridge, Surrey.
Defra has launched early market engagement for its new Science Estates Delivery Framework, which will replace the existing APHA framework supporting one of the country’s most technically demanding construction programmes.
Current framework holders include contractors Kier, Sisk, Wil