This section of the Procurement Journey provides the Procurement Officer with guidance on the following:
- Specification
- Selection and Award Criteria
- Pre-Qualification Questionnaire
- Invitation to Tender - including T's and C's
It is best practice to have all of the above documentation finalised before preparing the contract notice and advertising the requirement. If that is not possible and, for example, the notice is published before the ITT is finalised, care must be taken to ensure consistency between the ITT and the contract notice (if, when preparing the ITT you decide that it will need to differ from the contract notice you will usually need to cancel the existing notice and republish, which could result in new suppliers coming forward).
Consideration must also be given to Planning and Risk Management throughout this stage of the Journey.
