Overview
This Guidance Note builds on the guidance provided in Chapter 10 of the Sourcing Playbook. Whether for a complex procurement, or a more straightforward contract, a well-planned and implemented bid evaluation process is critical to deliver value for money.
Make sure you:
- read the Guidance Note and relevant Commercial Playbook
- seek legal and commercial advice in the context of specific procurements.
Additional support and guidance
Relevant areas of the Guidance Note at this commercial stage:
- Section 1: Context
- Section 2: What is bid evaluation?
- Section 3: Right at the start
- Section 4: Creating the evaluation model
- Section 5: Balancing the importance of price, quality and social value
- Section 6: Evaluating quality
- Section 7: Evaluating price
- Section 11, Appendix I: Calculating the number of evaluators required
- Section 12, Appendix II: Price per quality point
- Section 13, Appendix III: Potential weighting methodologies
