This tender is issued in connection with a competitive procurement process, which is conducted in accordance with the Open Procedure under the Public Contract Regulations 2011.

Initial expressions of interest are invited from potential providers wishing to provide decorating services to occupied & vacant domestic housing & commercial properties throughout the area covered by Westworks.

The work will be of a single lot and multiple providers will be considered to achieve geographical and volume coverage. We are not intending to split the works by geographical lots but to award works based on providers' ability to deliver in a specific area by running mini-competitions prior to awarding call-off contracts from the framework.

We are therefore inviting "variant bids" based on geographical capability so as to encourage small to medium as well as larger enterprises to participate. Companies should make clear the areas within which they can deliver the services required. Limited geographical coverage by a potential provider will not necessarily exclude them from the process as it is Westworks' aim to encourage local employment and businesses as well as engaging with other suitably qualified providers. It is the intention of Westworks to engage with enough suitably qualified providers to achieve these aims.

The main geographical area to be covered by the provided services covers the south and south west of England. A complete overview of the current stock distribution is provided within the tender document suite.

Qualification criteria will be a combination of both financial and non-financial factors and will be in accordance with Regulations 23 to 26 of the Public Contract Regulations 2011.

All subsequent call-off contracts drawn from the framework will be subject to further competitive selection processes and will include most economically advantageous tender (MEAT) criteria and project specific criteria which will be determined at the time of the call-off and by the contracting authority (i.e. Westworks Member or partner).