As part of your preparation you should consider the following:
- Make sure your Procurement and Legal teams are aware which regulations apply to your call-off. For this Framework, the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 apply to all call-off contracts.
- The expiry date of your current contract
- Termination and exit provisions of your current contract
- Key personnel necessary for the completion of the project
- Performance and quality standards required
- What service level requirements you have
- Any data that you need to make available
- Contract monitoring arrangements
- The contract period you wish to award for - contracts can be awarded under the Framework for a maximum contract length of seven (7) years from the Further Competition Award date. No contract awarded from the Framework will be permitted to extend beyond 2 March 2036.
- Confidentiality and commercially sensitive information that may be involved with this contract
- Pricing
- Review Provider Catalogues to understand each Provider's response to the Specification of Requirements.