Construction Management Services

You are invited to apply for a position as a participating supplier (hereinafter "supplier") on the Westworks Contractor Management Services DPS which is being procured for the benefit of "Collaboration" consortia which is described in more detail below. The questionnaire and supporting documents should be received into the Westworks in-Tend portal (https://in-tendhost.co.uk/westworks/aspx/Home) by: date: 20/12/2018 time: 12-00 This DPS is being established for the provision of professional construction management services for new-build developments and major projects including refurbishments to housing and commercial properties.

All applications MUST be submitted via the Westworks portal. This ITP and all documents are accessed via the Westworks portal.

Registering on the Westworks portal https://in-tendhost.co.uk/westworks/aspx/Home To participate in this and any future Westworks tenders or applications, you will be required to register your company details on this website. Additional information: OJEU REF: 2018/S 225-514918 1 INITIAL APPLICATION TO PARTICIPATE You are invited to apply for a position as a participating supplier (hereinafter "supplier") on the Westworks Contractor Management Services DPS which is being procured for the benefit of "Collaboration" consortia which is described in more detail below.

The questionnaire and supporting documents should be received into the Westworks in-Tend portal (https://in-tendhost.co.uk/westworks/aspx/Home) by: date: 20/12/2018 time: 12-00 Analysis of responses will commence after the above deadline. Initial analysis of submissions will be completed by 2/1/2018, this will be dependent upon the number of submissions received and may change.

No further tenders (mini-competition) will commence until after all initially received submissions have been assessed. Unsuccessful bidders will be informed once all initial submissions have been assessed.

Applications to join the DPS will then remain open. Westworks is a Cabinet Office backed consortium made up of a continually expanding group of public sector bodies; from housing associations to local authorities, government departments and services to charities.

Westworks provides access to fully compliant works, services and supplies by managing the process to suit the needs and abilities of the users whether that be a fully managed mini-competition to giving access to our e-procurement system so that the user can run their own process with our oversight. Westworks also has users that are not necessarily Contracting Authorities in their own right but that would benefit from the arrangements; such as charities and community enterprises.

Westworks are a part of the "Collaboration" group of consortia working together to bring further economic and social efficiencies and value to our combined users. "Collaboration" is currently made up of Westworks, Efficiency East Midlands, South East Consortium and Advantage Southwest and this DPS will be available for all members to use.

This means that the DPS will cover all of England and Wales and into other UK areas when required. In all, Collaboration members currently have over 2 million properties; from housing to commercial to corporate, under management and are constructing new property at an unprecedented rate.

Westworks will conduct the DPS for and on behalf of the members of all of the Collaboration consortia (hereinafter referred to as "users") and may invite other consortia to join the collaboration at any time. Westworks is the Contracting Authority for the purposes of this DPS procurement.

All Collaboration consortia are constantly growing their usership and to see current users please look at their respective websites whose addresses can be found within this notice. Potential users of the consortia may be found at gov.uk and local.direct.gov.uk also central and devolved government bodies, charities, educational, police, fire social enterprises etc..