Common use of ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE ORDER Clause in Contracts

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE ORDER. On receipt of an Order, the Contracting Body shall send an acknowledgement of that Order to the Supplier within two (2) Working Days, in accordance with Clause 8 paragraph 23 (Part 1A) and paragraph 22 (Part1B) of the Order Form. The Contracting Body in sending an acknowledgement following receipt of the signed completed Order Form from the Supplier shall form a binding Call-Off Contract. This Framework Agreement Schedule 6 (Award Criteria) is designed to assist Contracting Bodies when drafting an Invitation to Quote ("ITQ") or Further Competition. Contracting Bodies who wish to adopt this process must follow the procedures as set out below: Determine its requirements in accordance with paragraph 1.2 of Framework Agreement Schedule 5 (Ordering Procedures); Identify all Suppliers capable of meeting the Contracting Body’s Statement of Requirements; and If there is only one Supplier capable of meeting the Contracting Body’s Statement of Requirements or the Contracting Body determines which Supplier’s offering provides the most economically advantageous solution utilising information available to it such as an award tool provided to it by the Authority, which enables the Contracting body to determine the most economically advantageous solution based on information submitted at ITT stage all of the terms of the proposed contract for the supply of agency nurses and social care workers have been laid down in the Framework Agreement and that the Call-Off Contract does not require amendment or any supplementary terms and conditions, then, in such circumstances, the Contracting Body may place a direct Order with that Supplier under this Direct Award process. If a Contracting Body decides to place a direct Order with the Supplier under this Direct Award process, the specimen Order Form set out in Framework Agreement Schedule 4 (Order Form and Call-Off terms) should be used.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE ORDER. On receipt of an Order, the Contracting Body shall send an acknowledgement of that Order to the Supplier within two (2) Working Days, in accordance with Clause 8 paragraph 23 (Part 1A) and paragraph 22 (Part1B) of the Order Form. The Contracting Body in sending an acknowledgement following receipt of the signed completed Order Form from the Supplier shall form a binding Call-Off Contract. This Framework Agreement Schedule 6 (Award Criteria) is designed to assist Contracting Bodies when drafting an Invitation to Quote ("ITQ") or Further Competition. Contracting Bodies who wish to adopt this process must follow the procedures as set out below: Determine its requirements in accordance with paragraph 1.2 of Framework Agreement Schedule 5 (Ordering Procedures); Identify all Suppliers capable of meeting the Contracting Body’s Statement of Requirements; and If there is only one Supplier capable of meeting the Contracting Body’s Statement of Requirements or the Contracting Body determines which Supplier’s offering provides the most economically advantageous solution utilising information available to it such as an award tool provided to it by the Authority, which enables the Contracting body to determine the most economically advantageous solution based on information submitted at ITT stage all of the terms of the proposed contract for the supply of agency nurses and social care workers Allied Health Professionals / Health Science Services have been laid down in the Framework Agreement and that the Call-Off Contract does not require amendment or any supplementary terms and conditions, then, in such circumstances, the Contracting Body may place a direct Order with that Supplier under this Direct Award process. If a Contracting Body decides to place a direct Order with the Supplier under this Direct Award process, the specimen Order Form set out in Framework Agreement Schedule 4 (Order Form and Call-Off terms) should be used.