There are so many rules, regulations and procedures to follow when conducting a competition for a public contract, that it’s easy to forget that the aim is to select the best supplier!
Public-sector buyers are deluged by demands that they run the process correctly. Quite rightly, the competition must be open, fair, transparent and objective. A simple slip could precipitate a legal challenge which could cost the authority huge amounts of damages and potentially put the programme schedule back by months. On top of all that, there is a need to reconcile the need for value for money, budget constraints and schedule pressures with government policies on inclusion, sustainability and environmental protection.
Without a smart method to select low-risk suppliers and solutions, projects and programmes can be doomed to failure from the outset.
Stablebridge have a well practised method of developing selection criteria that can be used for anything from construction to major IT systems and systems integration projects. Conducted in collaboration with all the stakeholders, the method can arrive at a consensus on the selection criteria in a fraction of the time taken by other consultancies. The results will be more robust, lower risk – and substantially less expensive than any of the alternatives.
We partner with a World-class supplier of evaluation software to ensure that the selection criteria are applied as part of a secure, unimpeachable evaluation process.
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