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Medium Schemes Framework

MSF4

MSF4 replaced MSF3. It has an increased scope compared to previous frameworks and continues to cover municipal engineering projects with no upper value limit.

The MSF4 framework contractors are:

  • Balfour Beatty
  • Eurovia
  • Galliford Try
  • John Sisk

View our MSF4 contact card for specific Framework Manager details.

Find out how to start a new project using MSF4.

View the MSF4 framework diagram, which sets out the aims and objectives of the framework. The diagram is structured as a pyramid, with four levels:

  • Aim (top of the pyramid): Highway improvements delivered efficiently
  • Culture: safety, collaboration, innovation
  • Objectives: shared information, shared learning, investment in skills, pipeline, open book, early contractor involvement (ECI), risk register, performance management
  • Cross-cutting groups (base of the pyramid): Digital Working Group, Resilience, Efficiency and Carbon Steering Group, Editorial Group, Social Value Working Group

View the MSF4 events calendar.

Find out more about MHA+ membership subscription and MSF4 framework costs.

MSF3

MSF3 replaced MSF2. Its scope was increased to include municipal engineering projects with no upper value limit.

The MSF3 framework contractors were:

  • Balfour Beatty
  • Eurovia
  • Galliford Try
  • Morgan Sindall

MSF3 delivered savings for members of around £8 million a year.

This framework closed to new schemes on 22 July 2022.

MSF2

MSF2 replaced MSF1. Its scope was increased to include a wider range of municipal engineering work, up to a maximum value of £25 million. Work was split into two lots.

Lot 1, for schemes worth up to £5 million:

  • Aggregate Industries
  • Balfour Beatty
  • Eurovia
  • Galliford Try
  • Lafarge Tarmac/Carillion

Lot 2, for schemes worth £5 million to £25 million:

  • Balfour Beatty
  • Galliford Try/Aggregate Industries JV
  • Lafarge Tarmac/Carillion

This framework closed to new schemes on 2 June 2018.

MSF1

MSF1 was the first framework contract developed by MHA.

It covered highway schemes up to £12 million and closed to new schemes on 11 April 2014, after four successful years. During that time, 13 highway authorities used MSF1 to deliver 60 schemes worth a total of nearly £250 million.

Read the Performance and Finance Interim Report, May 2014 (PDF, 560KB) for more information.