Sport England will share out £45m of work over four years with eleven firms building new facilities for the Sports Council.

Other packages including playing surfaces, lighting and modular buildings bring the framework to more than £77.5m in value.

Work will include modernisations, improvements and upgrades to existing facilities.

A further six firms will share out £15m of work designing and constructing synthetic pitches, games areas and courts. Four firms have been selected got lighting and another four for modular building supply.

Sport England said: “We are seeking to modernise our approach to how we distribute the lottery funds by establishing a number of framework agreements with a supply chain of providers who will contract with successful lottery fund applicants.

“Sport England can see real benefits in efficiencies and cost reductions this approach can deliver through economies of scale, reduced administration, reduced timescales for project delivery and raising quality of provision.

“The facilities will be for a range of different sports, and competition levels. Fencing and any associated groundworks will also be required.”