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 around the use of a Pre-Qualification Questionnaire to assess the resources and capability of suppliers who express interest in the published Contract Notice. The PQQ document may also be used under the Open procedure as a means of assessing suppliers capability. The main difference in the use of a PQQ document under the Restricted Procedure and the Open Procedure is that in the former, the ITT document need only be issued to a 'short-list' of competent suppliers, whereas in the latter, all competent suppliers must be issued with the ITT.
Timescales for each procedure differ
Consideration must also be given to Planning and Risk Management throughout this stage of the Journey.
