Four contractors have secured places on the largest works lot of a £150m highways framework covering the Black Country, with £75m of projects expected to be delivered through the top tier.
Amey, McPhillips, Fitzgerald Contractors and CR Reynolds will compete for individual contracts valued at more than £5m and up to £10m.
McPhillips, Fitzgerald Contractors and CR Reynolds have also won places on the second-tier lot, covering projects worth between £750,000 and £5m. They are joined by AE Yates, Bridge Construction, Montel Civil Engineering and Octavius Infrastructure.
Wolverhampton City Council has appointed 16 contractors across four lots on behalf of Black Country Transport. The framework covers schemes ranging from small-scale local road improvements to major highways projects.
Its estimated value is three times that of the £50m minor works framework it replaces, while the number of appointed suppliers has increased from 11 to 16.
Nine contractors are new to the arrangement, including Amey, Octavius Infrastructure, AE Yates and CR Reynolds. The other newcomers are Evans Construction & Civil Engineering, Hilton Main Construction, Holcim UK, Montel Civil Engineering and Stave-Con.
Colas and Thomas Bow, both appointed to the two larger works lots under the previous framework, have not secured places on the new agreement. GN Groundworks and MAC Surfacing have also dropped off the supplier list.
The framework will cover carriageway and footway construction, drainage, traffic signals, pedestrian crossings, street lighting and park-and-ride facilities. Other eligible works include subway infilling, demolition and landscaping.
Alongside Wolverhampton City Council, the agreement is available to Birmingham, Dudley, Sandwell and Walsall councils, as well as Wolverhampton Homes and the West Midlands Combined Authority.
The framework runs until July 2029, with an option to extend it to July 2030.
