"We actively use and share the feedback – for example, we will shortly issue a procurement policy note across government on the lessons learned from mystery shopper, including issues like the use of pre- qualification questionnaires and fairer financial appraisal of suppliers".
Interested parties for the IFNC pilots have until 30 December to submit their final "pre-qualification questionnaire" for assessment in the new year.
"Our intention is to open a dialogue with a long listed group of companies that comes out of the pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ).
Interested parties for the IFNC pilots have until 11 December to levy "expressions of interest" and until 30 December to submit their final "pre-qualification questionnaire" for assessment in the new year.
Parliament's corporate offices have issued a pre-qualification questionnaire, which potential bidders must pass by illustrating their experience and expertise, for two contracts.
Working part time I have to juggle priorities – I was out at 6.30am for spot checks on staff and visiting clients during one of the hottest days of the year to make sure they kept cool then popped into the office to finish off a pre-qualification questionnaire for a council contract.
In a blog post on the Government Digital Service site, the Cabinet Office's identity assurance team said the programme had moved a step closer to market after a selection of possible suppliers passed the pre-qualification questionnaire part of the procurement and got to the ITT stage.
Rosemary Allan, procurement manager at the authority, says it cuts out paper processes in line with Sutton's environmental policies, and welcomes the reduced procurement times: the pre-qualification questionnaire process has been cut from 37 to 30 days, and tendering from 40 to 35 days.
He added that enforcement of a standard pre-qualification questionnaire would help to reduce public procurement costs further.
It found that companies which completed tender pre-qualification questionnaires had a one-in-36 chance of securing new work.
