Setting Evaluation Criteria and Weightings
All Further Competitions run under the National LGPS Framework for AVC Services must use the following Evaluation Criteria:
| Evaluation Criteria | Allocated % |
| Quality | Can be between 20% and 80% |
| Social Value, Climate Change and Carbon Reduction (if required)* | Can be between 0% and 60% |
| Cost | Can be between 20% and 80% |
| Total | 100% |
*This evaluation criteria is optional.
You can set the weightings based on your priorities (within the minimum and maximum amounts allowed), as long as the total equals 100%. For example, if Quality is most important, you may allocate it 80% and adjust the others accordingly.
Quality and Social Value Questions
Your questions will need to be tailored to your Specification of Requirements. The number and type of questions should reflect the complexities of your requirements.
When creating your own questions it helps to:
- Have fewer questions that focus on key differentiators.
- Avoid too many questions - this can mean some (if not all) questions have a very small percentage of the marks and may discourage providers from bidding.
- Set maximum word counts for each question - consider the impact response lengths will have on your ability to easily evaluate.
- Assign higher weightings to the most critical questions.
Next Steps
Once you've finalised your evaluation criteria and Quality and Social Value questions:
- Add them to your Invitation to Further Competition document.
- Ensure all weightings are clearly defined and aligned with your priorities
Pricing Schedule
The fees quoted in the pricing schedules are based on a set of model scenarios which are detailed in the Pricing Schedule documents.
Further Competition Evaluated Prices - Create your Pricing Schedule
You must clearly lay out your own specific requirements and create a pricing schedule which accurately reflects your requirements. This allows you to evaluate on a like-for-like basis. It is also worth thinking about whether you would like to include non-evaluated (information only) questions here.
Depending on which Lot your requirements fall under you will need to create your own model fund and/or scenarios for Providers to price against.