REPORT ON FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT IN THE UK PROCUREMENT SYSTEM AND STUDY ON INTRODUCING THE SYSTEM TO JAPAN

Abstract

 There are some broadly used public procurement systems in the UK that are not major in Japan, such as Framework Agreement, Joint Procurement and Centralised Purchasing. These systems have been introduced and became widely used with the intention of not only making procedures more efficient but also reforming the U.K. construction industry itself.

 In this paper, examples of details and actual operation of these systems are reported based on information gathered in a consultant company in the U.K., and benefits obtained by applying the systems are also reported. Finally, ideas of ways to take the advantages into Japan are suggested.