Common use of TENDER SUBMISSION Clause in Contracts

TENDER SUBMISSION. 19.1 You should send a PDF or read-only electronic copy of your proposal by e- mail to Redacted Under FOI Section 43 – Personal Information as an attachment to an e-mail message entitled “Ref VOA/2024/040 – Professional Services: NextGen Rating Programme, Client-Side Support.” Tender to arrive no later than 5pm, or earlier 21st February 2025, (unless the date is subsequently amended in writing by the VOA). 19.1 Please note that email messages with this title will not be opened in advance of that deadline. No hard copies of the tender are required. 100 Excellent answer which meets all of the require- ments and provides all of the required detail. An excellent response that: • is completely relevant, addressing all of the re- quirements; • demonstrates an excellent understanding of the requirements, is comprehensive, robust and un- ambiguous; • provides highly credible supporting evidence, benefits or innovation; and/or • meets the requirements in all aspects, with no ambiguity or weaknesses identified and no clari- fication required. 80 Good answer which meets all of the requirements but lacks some minor detail A good response that: • is highly relevant, addressing all of the require- ments; • demonstrates a good understanding of the re- quirements and is comprehensive; • provides supporting evidence of sufficient detail; and/or • meets the requirements in all aspects, but con- tains minor weaknesses or a small amount of ambiguity. 60 Satisfactory answer, which meets the requirements in many aspects, but fails to provide sufficient detail in some areas. A satisfactory response that: • is relevant, addressing most or all of the re- quirements; • demonstrates a satisfactory understanding of the requirements; • provides supporting evidence but lacks detail in some areas; and/or • meets the requirements in most aspects, but contains manageable weaknesses or some am- biguity and may require some 40 Limited answer which satis- fies some aspects of the re- quirements, but fails to meet the specification in the whole. A limited response that: • is mostly relevant, addressing most of the re- quirements; • demonstrates a limited understanding of the re- quirements; • provides supporting evidence but lacks detail in some or most areas; and/or • contains weaknesses or ambiguity which sug- gest that the requirements would not be met un- less clarified. 20 Poor answer which signifi- cantly fails to meet the re- quirements. A poor response that: • is only partially relevant, addressing some of the requirements; • demonstrates a poor understanding of the re- quirements; • provides supporting evidence that is of lim- ited/insufficient detail or explanation; and/or Score ‘Closed’ Question Criteria ‘Open’ Question Criteria • contains multiple and/or significant weaknesses or ambiguity that suggest the requirements would not be met.

TENDER SUBMISSION. 19.1 15.1. You should send a PDF or read-only electronic copy of your proposal by e- e-mail to Redacted Under FOI Section 43 – Personal Information , as an attachment to an e-mail message entitled “Ref VOA/2024/040 – Professional Services: NextGen Rating Programme, Client-Side Support.” VOA Pro- gramme Alignment”. Tender to arrive no later than 5pm, or earlier 21st February 2025, 12pm on Feb 16th 2024 (unless the date is subsequently amended in writing by the VOA). 19.1 15.2. Please note that email messages with this title will not be opened in advance of that deadline. No hard copies of the tender are required. 100 Excellent answer which meets all of the require- ments requirements and provides pro- vides all of the required detail. An excellent response that: • is completely relevant, addressing all of the re- quirementsrequire- ments; • demonstrates an excellent understanding of the requirementsre- quirements, is comprehensive, robust robust, and un- ambiguousunambig- uous; • provides highly credible supporting evidence, benefits bene- fits, or innovation; and/or • meets the requirements in all aspects, with no ambiguity ambi- ▇▇▇▇▇ or weaknesses identified and no clari- fication requiredclarification re- quired. 80 Good answer which meets all of the requirements but lacks some minor detail A good response that: • is highly relevant, addressing all of the require- mentsrequirements; • demonstrates a good understanding of the re- quirements require- ments and is comprehensive; • provides supporting evidence of sufficient detail; and/or • meets the requirements in all aspects, aspects but con- tains contains minor weaknesses or a small amount of ambiguity. 60 Satisfactory answer, which meets the requirements in many aspects, but fails to provide pro- vide sufficient detail in some areas. A satisfactory response that: • is relevant, addressing most or all of the re- quirementsrequirements; • demonstrates a satisfactory understanding of the requirementsre- quirements; • provides supporting evidence but lacks detail in some areas; and/or • meets the requirements in most aspects, but contains con- tains manageable weaknesses or some am- biguity ambiguity and may require some 40 Limited answer which satis- fies satisfies some aspects of the re- quirements, require- ments but fails to meet the specification in the whole. A limited response that: • is mostly relevant, addressing most of the re- quirementsrequire- ments; • demonstrates a limited understanding of the re- quirementsrequire- ments; • provides supporting evidence but lacks detail in some or most areas; and/or Score ‘Closed’ Question Criteria ‘Open’ Question Criteria • contains weaknesses or ambiguity which sug- gest suggest that the requirements would not be met un- less clarifiedunless clari- fied. 20 Poor answer which signifi- cantly fails to meet the re- quirements. A poor response that: • is only partially relevant, addressing some of the requirementsre- quirements; • demonstrates a poor understanding of the re- quirementsrequire- ments; • provides supporting evidence that is of lim- itedlimited/insufficient insuffi- cient detail or explanation; and/or Score ‘Closed’ Question Criteria ‘Open’ Question Criteria • contains multiple and/or significant weaknesses or ambiguity that suggest the requirements would not be met.