How to win: CP2549-24 Devon and Somerset Standing List of Approved Contractors (SLoAC) Reopening 2026

About this contract

The Devon & Somerset Standing List of Approved Contractors (SLoAC) provides a set of pre-qualified contractors for Maintenance, Improvement, and Building Works up to £2,000,000 per project, with most works ranging between £5,000 and £250,000, and for works below £5,000. SLoAC 2025 was created last year and replaced the previous SLoAC which had in operation since 1st April, 2016. This is the first reopeneing of SLoAC 2025. The works will be delivered in any or all of 15 geographic sub areas of Devon and Somerset. Arrangement is used to provide a list of pre approved contractors across a range of 39 work categories and split across 10 geographic areas. This list is used throughout DCC and across a range of public sector users in order to produce names for separate procurements and streamline their due diligence processes. Contractors will be appointed to the SLoAC based on achieving certain minimum standard through pass/fail questions. The award of specific projects will be subject to a competitive procurement process for each individual project. Only approved contractors on the SLoAC will get an opportunity to be selected to participate in a competitive processes when a need arises

How to win contracts like this

• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Devon County Council scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £60,000,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins works work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar works contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 7 September 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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