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Click for slide: Is early market engagement the right approach? Click for slide: Ensure the key issues have been addressed Click for slide: Carry out discussions with suppliers Click for slide: About market sounding Click for slide: Skills required Click for slide: Shaping the requirement Click for slide: Questions to consider Click for slide: PINs Click for slide: Talking to suppliers Click for slide: Using consultants Click for slide: Contexts
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What you need to do

Using consultants to help with market sounding can offer great benefit to a procurement project, by involving specialist knowledge that the organisation does not possess.

Consultants can be involved at different levels, from offering advice to managing the process of market sounding. OGC is a prime source for consultancy in market sounding and procurement.

Points to consider

Points to remember when using consultants at market sounding are:

  • consultants can only advise on what they see as the best options, based on the information they hold and what they are told by the organisation
  • the business risk of the project as a whole remains with the organisation commissioning the consultant
  • consultants who offer advice, or who manage the market sounding process on your behalf, must be impartial
  • consultants' work may also be of lasting interest - not just applicable to the project at hand. Such knowledge needs to be embedded in your organisation

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