public sector – procurement compliance
We provide practical advice and guidance on:
- structuring the process and procedure to comply with the procurement regulations, ensuring evaluation criteria and scoring methodologies are appropriate and how to conduct ‘competitive dialogue’ negotiations and framework agreements
- finalising PQQ and ITT documentation, Requirements Specifications and other commercial schedules
- how to ensure fair and equal treatment of bidders and minimise the scope for procurement challenges, particularly considering requests for post-bid contract negotiations
- ‘standstill’ and bidder debriefing obligations
- scope variations to public sector contracts mid-term and possible changes to the identity of prime and sub-contractors to ensure compliance with any re-procurement obligations
- minimising the exposure for public sector organisations to challenges to contract awards and the risk of fines and contracts being declared ‘ineffective’ whilst ensuring procurements can be run in a manageable and sensible way to secure greatest value for the public sector
- constructing a reasonably balanced position to ensure bidders are engaged and the procurement generates sufficient interest to offer choice and healthy competition, balancing the needs for bids to be competitive (and maximising your negotiating position) whilst transferring the appropriate degree of risk to the supplier/service provider
- procurement issues and suitable contractual arrangements relating to consortium agreements
“Thanks for providing us with a very good service and expert pragmatic advice.”
Head of Procurement, Government department
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