Overview
This PPN sets out Government policy to ensure supplier’ past performance is taken into account in respect of procurements and framework agreements (under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015).
This PPN applies to all central government departments, their executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies (collectively referred to as 'in-scope organisations').
The PPN is in two parts:
- Part A outlines requirements relating to the assessment of supplier’s reliability as demonstrated by their performance of past contracts. Part A applies to in-scope organisations when procuring goods and / or services in respect of information and communications technology, facilities management or business processing outsourcing with a total anticipated contract of £20 million or more (excluding VAT). It also applies to framework agreements only where it is anticipated that there will be a call-off agreement in respect of such goods and / or services with an individual anticipated value of £20 million or more (excluding VAT)
- Part B concerns the provision of information about suppliers’ past performance both to and by in-scope organisations. All in-scope organisations are required to provide certificates of performance to their suppliers on request in the form set out in Annex F of the PPN. This form should also be used where in-scope organisations obtain certificates from other organisations (both public and private sector). Where in-scope organisations carrying out procurement processes collect information about the past performance of suppliers, they are required to provide the information to pastperformance@crowncommercial.gov.uk.