SPA’s OJEU compliant frameworks can be used by local authorities, social landlords and other public sector bodies to procure works, goods and services for the construction, refurbishment and maintenance of social housing and public buildings.
A framework is an agreement with suppliers to establish the terms governing contracts to be awarded during the life of the agreement with regard to scope, quality, price, quantity envisaged and importantly the terms in which organisations can "call off" contracts to be awarded through the framework
Suppliers compete through a competitive procurement process evaluated on a price/quality ratio ensuring best value at all times. Publicly funded bodies access the suppliers that have successfully been awarded to the framework through their chosen "call off" process in line with the framework terms.