The document, Analysis of the National Infrastructure and Construction Pipeline 2021* from the Infrastructure & Projects Authority (IPA), follows on from the National Infrastructure Strategy and the Construction Playbook, published in November and December 2020 respectively.
IPA chief executive Nick Smallwood said: 鈥淏etween 拢21bn and 拢31bn of contracts across economic and social infrastructure will be brought to market over the next year, with a projected 拢650bn over the next 10 years.
鈥淭his pipeline and the package of publications working alongside it will allow industry to plan and strategise for the coming years, setting projects up for success from the very beginning.鈥�
Pipeline Procurements by Sector
| Sector | Number of procurements | Number of projects | Number of programmes | Estimated minimum contract value (拢m) | Estimated maximum contract value (拢m) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Housing & regeneration | 16 | 4 | 12 | 拢177.70 | 拢242.50 |
| Education | 165 | 165 | 0 | 拢2,408.10 | 拢2,504.10 |
| Energy | 22 | 13 | 9 | 拢139.90 | 拢298.70 |
| Flood Defence | 41 | 40 | 1 | 拢953.10 | 拢953.10 |
| Home Office | 2 | 0 | 2 | 拢0.30 | 拢5.30 |
| Justice | 23 | 10 | 13 | 拢2,525.40 | 拢2,775.40 |
| Science & research | 8 | 8 | 0 | 拢338.00 | 拢338.00 |
| Transport | 132 | 19 | 113 | 拢14,806.30 | 拢23,665.40 |
| Waste | 9 | 0 | 9 | 拢11.60 | 拢11.60 |
| Total | 418 | 259 | 159 | 拢21,360.40 | 拢30,794.10 |
Neil Humphrey, chief operating officer at Waterman and chair of the Association for Consultancy & Engineering鈥檚 (ACE) procurement and pipeline group, welcomed the update to the pipeline. 鈥淔ull transparency in this area is crucial to ensuring our members have the right mix of skills, expertise and experience to deliver ambitions to build back better,鈥� he said.
鈥淭he volume and scope of the projects and programmes in the pipeline reveals some of the detail behind commitments for post-pandemic recovery and, longer-term, to a net zero future. I鈥檓 pleased that ACE was able to support its members to deploy capabilities to best-effect by ensuring that additional project details were provided this year. This was a simple but common-sense improvement which will ensure the document is even more useful for the industry.鈥�
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