Assignment Brief: Analysing Framework Agreements This assignment requires you to consider the below extract from an industry news journal and write a detailed report on the risks and benefits of Frameworks Agreements. You will consider this in relation to other procurement strategies including Partnering Arrangements. Procurement organisation Scape Group has appointed Robertson as lead contractor to the Scottish lot of a 7 billion national construction framework. With a total value of 750 million, the Major Works Scotland framework includes projects such as regeneration schemes, schools, universities and colleges, hospitals, central government buildings and housing ranging between 2m to 20m. Willmott Dixon, Wates and Lendlease have been appointed as lead contractors for the other four national frameworks, which has the highest total value of any framework ever procured in the UK. Industry news journal April 2017 Your report will cover the following: 1. Consider the likely issues and wider implications to the contractor of being awarded this framework. 2. Consider the risks and benefits to the client and the contractor of this agreement. 3. Consider the wider implication on the industry resulting from these high value frameworks. 4. Consider alternative ways in which these works could have been procured. Provide reasoning as to why this method was chosen and your opinion on the merit of this.