Procurement

Best practice tips on the contents of invitation to tenders, including a set of standard instructions to tenderers, award criteria, specification, terms and conditions, pricing schedules and tender response forms.

An overview of an approved supplier list, why have them, where to start and the tools to help you develop your approved supplier list.

This guide provides information on the importance of a contracts register, obtaining the information required and maintaining the register.

What makes for a good contract, contract management activities and contract management tools and techniques. Find out more with this guide.

An introduction to market analysis, why its important and how to conduct market analysis.

A step by step guide on how to complete an OJEU contract notice. This guide has been updated to reflect the new contract notice to be used under The Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

What does it mean, what products and services are suitable for collaboration and what will enable collaborative procurement in my college? This guide discusses these issues and provides a decision making tool for procurement officers when considering collaboration.

What is benchmarking, why is it important and how do I do it? This guide aims to answer these questions and sets out the five steps to benchmarking procurement.