Further to this sub-central authorities may negotiate a shorter time frame for tender returns if they have agreement from all of the companies selected to go forward to the tender stage and if urgency has been duly substantiated the time frames can be shortened to 15 days for the expression of interest and 10 days for the tender stage.Ĭonfusing? It seems to be.
The PIN notice does not have to be used as the call to competition – sub-central authorities can still follow the traditional PIN, Contract Notice, PQQ and ITT route with the PIN being used in its traditional sense reducing the timeframe at the tender stage from 30 days to 10 days if tenders are being submitted electronically, provided that the PIN has been published for 35 days to 12 months. The timeframe for requests to participate has been set at a minimum of 30 days from the publication of a PIN and a minimum time frame of 10 days for the subsequent tender stage, as opposed to the standard restricted procedure which follows the Contract Notice/PQQ/ITT format which has minimum timeframes of 30 days for the PQQ stage and 30 days for the ITT stage.
Outline the minimum and, where applicable, maximum number of companies they intend to invite to tender (the minimum has been set as 5 companies for the restricted procedure.Set the time limits for receipt of expressions of interest and the form of tender, and.Provide a brief description of selection criteria and if known the award criteria,.As far as already known, conditions for participation, including if the competition is restricted to sheltered workshops, or whether its execution is restricted to the framework of protected job programmes,.As far as already known outline the time-frame for delivery of the contract,.Name the award procedure that will be followed including if it involves a framework or a dynamic purchasing system,.Reference to the fact that interested suppliers need to advise the authority of their interest in the contract or contracts,.A brief description of the procurement including nature, extent of works or services or value of supplies.īut when the PIN is being used as the call for competition the PIN must also:.
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In short a PIN can now be used, by sub-central contracting authorities, as a means of calling for competition in place of a contract notice ( Regulation 28) and can also be used in place of a PQQ stage with selected suppliers being taken straight to the tendering stage. Under the new regulations there has been a change in the way a Prior Information Notice (PIN) can be used by sub-central contracting authorities in the restricted procedure and this blog will take a look at the change and what impact it has on this procedure.
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