Delivering the benefits All resources About this toolkit
About Procuring Preparing for and running
a tender exercise Engaging suppliers
and tendering Reviewing
tenders Estimating Total Cost
of Ownership (TCO) Managing relationships
with suppliers Resources
[Managing relationships with suppliers] | [Getting to know you] | [Engage before starting procurement]
[Give suppliers a chance to impress] | [Know the warning signs] | [Negotiating a contract]
Engage before starting procurement
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In the section on Preparing for and running a tender exercise we talk about the importance of preliminary market engagement (PME) or 'soft' market testing. This can be done formally by issuing a Prior Information Notice (PIN) in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) or can be an entirely informal process. Many contributors to this Toolkit told us how useful this process was and others told us that, with hindsight, they wish they had done more of this. |
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You can engage with suppliers individually or you could even hold a webinar so that interested suppliers can find out more about you and the aspirations for your VLE review project.
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