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Stages of Procurement

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Stage 3 - Tender, Award and Contract

This stage focuses on whether tendering and contracting are effectively conducted by procurement teams, for example the use of framework agreements; various payment structures; and competition.

Consider the statements below and reflect on their relevance to the work under review. For each statement click a button to select the option which most accurately describes the situation in the organisation or project under review (if you have used the toolkit before, your answers may have been remembered).

Rolling the cursor over the traffic light options displays a description of the red, amber or green rating in the box at the bottom of the page.

When you have selected a response to each statement, click the SUBMIT button below.

Once responses are submitted the toolkit highlights the range of issues that should be addressed, provides guidance on how to improve value for money in these areas and illustrates what good practice can look like at each individual stage – often illustrated by case examples.

Statement A: The department has a procurement team which is always used in procuring consultants and its work is highly valued.	Red Amber Green
Statement B: A variety of payment mechanisms are always considered when engaging consultants.	Red Amber Green
Statement C: Framework agreements are routinely used when engaging consultants	Red Amber Green
Statement D: When there is a need for a consultant, it is put out to tender, allowing a broad range of firms to apply.	Red Amber Green
Statement E: Projects regularly engage with the market prior to the formal issuance of a tender.	Red Amber Green
Statement F: Consultants are contracted for very defined, short to medium term durations. Decisions to extend contracts are not taken lightly.	Red Amber Green