The following section tries to anticipate some of the common scenarios you will face as a buyer and offers some simple guidance about what activities you need to undertake to address them on behalf of your stakeholders and users.
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If you wish to order these services select the Catalogue Solution(s) you require from those available [PL1] and liaise with the supplier of that Catalogue Solution to place your order and arrange their deployment to you. Further information regarding the solutions available to you may be found [here].
If you wish to order a solution which is not subject to a central contract then you will need to purchase this yourself using the standard purchasing procedures.
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As indicated above, it may be the case that you do not have the option to avoid conducting a competitive process where a Foundation Solution contract breaches the financial limits for accessing the Direct Award procedure.
I wish to secure a Catalogue Solution for one or more Service Recipients using the information on the Buying Catalogue only
For information about the procurement procedures see:
[Direct Award -> link]
Note that there are financial limits to the contracts placed using the Direct Award process. Where your requirement breaches these you must conduct either
[On-Catalogue Further Competition -> link] for non-Foundation Solutions, or otherwise conduct a an Off Catalogue Further Competition
As indicated above, it may be the case that you do not have the option to avoid conducting a competitive process where a Foundation Solution contract breaches the financial limits for accessing the Direct Award procedure.
Please note that it is your responsibility to comply with the Procurement Regulations as well as your own organisational standing financial instructions and Procurement Policies at all times.
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For information about the Further Competition Procedure please visit [here ->link]
You may conduct Further Competitions yourself or access the dedicated procurement support service that we have provided for purchasing entities and Commissioning Groups wishing to use this Catalogue by emailing [email address to route to Procurement Hub or other].
Please note that it is your responsibility to comply with the Procurement Regulations as well as your own organisational standing financial instructions and Procurement Policies at all times. [PL1]Link to page provided by Greg
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