Executing There are different ways to execute a procurement is slightly difference depending on which procedure you choose; however for all procedures there are a set of high level steps a buyer should follow.
Step 1: Get Ready
Identify Requirementsrequirements
Complete Prepre-procurement research
Choose the right procedure (either Direct Award or Further Competition On-Catalogue)
Step 2: Prepare
Design Define your evaluation approach and your evaluation methodcriteria
Prepare to use the procedure
Step 3: Review Catalogue Solutions
View Use the Buying Catalogue to make your identify solutions that meet the requirements you have identified and establish a shortlist
Step 4: Evaluate:
Apply your Assess each solution against the evaluation criteria you have defined.
Step 5: Call-off order form and Awardcontract award
Complete and sign the call-off order formCall-Off Order Form
Step 6: Manage your contract
Implement the services
Managing ChangesManage changes
Monitor performance
The legacy GPSoC framework utilised a now discontinued database for Buyers buyers to order and record their procurement outcomes. For GPIT the GP IT Futures , framework the intent is to develop such similar functionality within the Buying Catalogue. At this stage of the Buying Catalogue’s development however, a transition process is processes will be in place to enable the procurement output processes and activitytheir outcomes, to manage information and thus the respective financial flows to be supported. This process is about each order place, and to enable associated financial processes, including those for invoicing, to be support. These processes are described at Appendix 4.