Thresholds: Does the Act Apply?
Valuing a contract, aggregation and the regimes that apply
You produce: A valuation record for a real requirement: the estimate, aggregation reasoning, threshold comparison and which rules apply
Courses
Seven practical courses for public sector buyers, grouped by the decisions in a procurement. Every course is online, self-paced and hands-on, and ends with a document you can use at work. Prices are per learner, with no VAT.
Stage 1: Plan
Decide whether the Act applies and find out what the market can offer.
Pre-Tender Market Engagement
Shaping the requirement with the market, fairly and transparently
You produce: A market engagement plan and a draft market questionnaire, written from your own choices and ready to copy into your templates
Stage 2: Choose the route
Pick a proportionate procedure, or justify awarding without competition.
Routes to Market
Choosing the right procedure, framework or dynamic market for the requirement
You produce: A route-to-market decision record: options considered, chosen route with reasons, risks and timetable implications, ready for approval
Direct Awards
When you can award without competition, and how to justify it
You produce: A direct award justification record and draft transparency notice text, built from your own evidence
Stage 3: Build and evaluate the tender
Write the tender, set the criteria and score the bids defensibly.
Developing a Tender
From the specification to the assessment summary
You produce: A tender timetable worked out from your own dates (minimum periods, standstill and notice deadlines), plus a tender pack checklist and specification checks
Writing Award Criteria That Work
From precise questions to weighted scores
You produce: An evaluation model summary (criteria, weightings, spec links, price formula, thresholds and rationale) ready to paste into tender documents or an approval paper
Scoring with Confidence
Writing evaluator guidance: what each answer must evidence to score
You produce: Evaluator guidance for a quality question: evidence indicators and a descriptor for every score
PSPA PATHWAY
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Tender Ready Pathway
All seven courses for £69 (£104.93 separately). Already bought a course? What you paid comes off the pathway price.
Buying for two or more people? We can set up access and invoice your organisation. Team access and invoicing.