EN:Connect Procurement - Evaluation and debriefing bidders

EN:Connect - Procurement

Evaluation and debriefing bidders

 Thursday 1st August 2024 - 10am-2pm

Microsoft Teams

This session will focus upon bid evaluation under the Procurement Act 2023. It will also look at the new rules on debriefing bidders, with the replacement of standstill letters and introduction of a new standstill period. Topics covered in the session will include:

•  Pre-evaluation considerations:

(i)            How many evaluators?

(ii)           Who should evaluate?

(iii)          Training evaluators

(iv)          Conflicts of interest

(v)           Drafting suitable questions

(vi)          Getting the right scoring matrix

•  The evaluation process itself:

(i)            Scoring and the moderation process

(ii)           Record keeping

• Post evaluation: the new assessment summaries

• The new standstill period

• Practical lessons from existing procurement case law

Speaker: Kieran McGaughey, Consultant Solicitor and Procurement Law Trainer

Please contact lorna.hadley@efficiencynorth.org for your free invitation to this meeting.