How to win: Joinery Contractors Framework

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NHS Lanarkshire Health Board (“the Board”) invites suitably qualified and experienced contractors to tender for appointment to the NHSL329-26 Joinery Contractors Framework. The framework will support the Property & Support Services Division in delivering planned, reactive, routine and emergency joinery works across NHS Lanarkshire’s healthcare estate. The framework will comprise three lots: Lot 1: University Hospital Monklands, works below GBP 5,000 - Lot 1 covers planned, routine, reactive and emergency joinery works valued below GBP 5,000 at University Hospital Monklands. One contractor will be appointed and must provide a responsive service, including 24-hour, 365-day emergency cover, in accordance with the specified priority response times. Lot 2: Community Sites, works below GBP 5,000 - Lot 2 covers planned, routine, reactive and emergency joinery works valued below GBP 5,000 across the NHS Lanarkshire community sites listed in Appendix A of the Specification. One contractor will be appointed and must provide a responsive service, including 24-hour, 365-day emergency cover and travel between sites where required. Lot 3: Small Works valued between GBP 5,000 and GBP 50,000 - Lot

How to win contracts like this

• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — NHS Lanarkshire scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £4,300,000, 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 19 October 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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