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Further Competition On-Catalogue has a value limit that you cannot exceed and cannot be used to procure Catalogue Solution (including Additional Services) that encompass one or more Foundation Capabilities. You must terminate (and have re-procured replacement services if necessary) before you hit the limit of £250,000 (excl VAT).
You must also be able to evaluate the Catalogue Solutions based on the information that was made available from the Buying Catalogue. If you don’t have enough information to evaluate, or you can’t tell how much of any Associated Services you need to buy and the level of uncertainty will impact your selected Catalogue Solution, you must use the Further Competition Off Catalogue procedure.
The procurement preparation activity required for this procedure is the same as for the Direct Award procedure.
Confirm the evaluation criteria
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The option of price only and price and quality has been provided in the framework to give you flexibility. It is important that you follow your organisation’s Standing Financial Instructions (SFIs), particularly the choice and application of the two options.
- Price only (with no non-price Elements). Where you believe you can evaluate based on price only, with no quality constraints you might choose this option. If you are evaluating multiple Solutions, you will need to calculate the total contract as described later, and award to the Supplier of the Solution with the lowest total cost.
- Price and quality. Where you wish and can differentiate the Catalogue Solutions that meet its requirements based on quality and price, the criteria below can be used within the ranges indicated:
Criteria Number | Award Criteria | Percentage Weightings |
1 | Price | 30-90% |
2 | Non-Price Elements (including quality and technical merit) | 10-70% |
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All the Solutions listed on the Buying Catalogue are your longlist.
Create a shortlist
Review all the Catalogue Solutions on the Buying Catalogue and create a shortlist of Catalogue Solutions that can meet your requirements by using the Capabilities and other information on the Catalogue Solution Listing.
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The method of determining your total costs is the same as for the Direct Award procedure.
Apply the criteria and score each Catalogue Solution
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