A fresh line-up of major contractors has been named for the £850m South West Wales Regional Contractors Framework.

Just Bouygues retained its place on the major projects panel from the previous three contractor partners, with Carillion and Laing O’Rourke now bowing out.

This time around the major project lot has been split among six firms rather than three. Bowmer & Kirkland, Morgan Sindall and Willmott Dixon have all won places for the first time on the mega framework, which is used for the 21st Century Schools Programme.

South West Wales Regional Contractors Framework

• BAM Construction
• Bouygues UK
• Bowmer & Kirkland
• Kier
• Morgan Sindall
• Willmott Dixon

Projects £7.5m-£15m: East and West regions

• Andrew Scott
• BAM Construction
• Bouygues UK
• Bowmer & Kirkland
• Dawnus Construction
• Interserve Construction
• Kier
• Morgan Sindall

Projects £1m-£3.5m East

• Jones Brothers (Henllan)
• Knox & Wells
• Local Consortium Wales
• Morganstone
• T.Richard Jones (Betws)
• Tycroes Group
• WRW Construction

Projects £1m-£3.5m: West

• Jones Brothers (Henllan)
• Knox & Wells
• Lloyd & Gravell
• T.Richard Jones (Betws)
• T A D Builders
• Tycroes Group
• W B Griffiths & Son
• WRW Construction

The framework will be used by 27 local authorities and public bodies in Wales for the next four years, across Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion, Neath Port Talbot and Swansea.

Five area lots covering smaller works of up to £1m in value were also awarded to smaller firms.