This section of the Procurement Journey provides the Procurement Officer with guidance on completing the 'Selection Stage' of the tendering process as outlined in the Contract Award Procedures.
The guidance found here centres on the use of a standard selection questionnaire(SQ) to assess the resources and capability of suppliers who express interest in the published Contract Notice. The SQ questions may also be used under the Open procedure as a means of assessing supplier’s capability. The main difference in the use of a SQ document under a) Restricted procedure, Competitive procedure with negotiation and Competitive dialogue and b) the Open procedure is that in ’(a)’, an Invitation to Tender (ITT) is only to be issued to a 'short-list' of competent suppliers, whereas in ’(b)’, all competent suppliers must be issued with the ITT. However all available procurement documents must be made available online from the date of the contract notice publication in OJEU. Government provide guidance as to the interpretation of “procurement documents”. You should also consult your Head of Procurement and/or Central Procurement team on this matter.
Timescales for each procedure differ. Consideration must also be given to Planning and Risk Management throughout the Journey.
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