The Enquirer understands the names will be officially confirmed shortly of contractors who have bagged places on the programme worth up to £8.7bn over the next six years.
It is understood the winners are:
North West/North East/Yorks/Humber: Costain, Balfour Beatty, Kier
South West: Vinci, Galliford Try
East & West Midlands: BAM Nuttall, Skanska
South East: BAM Nuttall, Balfour Beatty
East: Skanska, Galliford Try, Costain
The framework replaces the present Collaborative Delivery Framework and sees Interserve, Morgan Sindall, Hochtief and Sisk miss out on the work carve up.
Under the new Regional Delivery Partnership arrangement, contractors will become delivery integration partners, designing and constructing motorway and major A-road projects across England under NEC4 standard terms, with suitable amendments.