Best Practice Guidance

The following best practice guides are designed to help you in your commercial activities. Guidance on construction, fleet, ICT, consultancy, complex procurement and general procurement lifecycles can be found in our How To Buy Guides

Procurement Process

• Contract Management in Complex Projects
• Contract Management Guidance (PDF, 636KB)
• Contract Management Checklist (PDF 72KB)  
• Competitive Dialogue Guidance (PDF, 281KB)
• Disclosure of Budgets in the Course of Procurement  (PDF, 963KB)
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• Government Procurement Code of Good Practice   (PDF, 117KB)
• Guidance to the risks of over-dependency on a supplier (PDF, 738KB)
• Guidance on Framework Agreements (PDF, 989KB)
• Guidance on ownership of IPR in public procurement (PDF, 102KB)
• Liability in Government Contracts
• Non-discrimination in technical specifications (PDF, 128KB)
• Procurement Pre-Qualification Test (PDF, 573KB)
• Specification Writing
• Supply Chain Management Guide (PDF, 114KB)
• Supply Chain Management - Aide Memoir (PDF, 566KB) 
• Supplier Financial Appraisal Guidance (PDF, 283KB)
• FOI and Civil Procurement Guidance (PDF 4KB)

Governance of procurement, projects and programmes

• Introduction to Programmes
• Introduction to Projects
• Common Causes of Project Failure  (PDF, 225KB)
• Senior Responsible Industry Exec (SRIE) Briefing (PDF, 43KB)
• Senior Responsible Owner (SRO)
• Investment Decision Maker
• Programme Manager
• Business Change Manager
• Programme and Project Delivery Joint Statement of Intent (PDF 583KB)
• Benefits Management Guidance

Markets

• Aggregation - is bigger always better (PDF, 241KB)
• Market Creation and Development (PDF, 158KB)
• Early Market Engagement (PDF, 754 KB) 
• GEMS: Guide to Effective Market Shaping (PDF, 920KB)
• Effective Partnering - an overview for customers and suppliers (PDF, 211KB)
• Increasing Competition and improving long-term capacity planning in the Government Market Place (PDF, 311KB)
• Contracts Database

Environmental sustainability operations and procurement

• SOGE guidance (PDF, 557KB)
• Buy Green and Make a Difference (PDF, 291KB) 
• Top Quartile Guidance (PDF, 99KB)
• Environmental Issues in Purchasing (PDF, 365KB)
• Considering Energy Efficiency in Procurement (PDF, 220KB):
• Green Public Private Partnerships (PDF, 284KB)

SMEs and third sector

• Small Supplier - Better Value (PDF, 1.81MB)
• Small Business Friendly Concordat 
• Think Smart. Think Voluntary (PDF, 167KB)
• Tendering for Public Contracts - A Guide for Small Businesses 
• Working through larger suppliers (PDF, 147KB)
• Supplier Feedback Service (PDF 1.9MB)
• Flagging your contracts to SMEs (PDF, 333KB)

Innovation

• Driving innovation through public procurement (PDF,3.9MB)
• Finding & Procuring Innovative Solutions (PDF, 528KB)
• Capturing Innovation (PDF, 63KB)
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Social issues, equality, skills and workforce matters

• Guidance on Skills (PDF, 791KB)
• Make Equality Count (PDF, 2MB)
• Social Issues in Purchasing (PDF, 586KB)
• Fair Trade Guidance (PDF, 52KB)
• Guidance an Supported Factories and Businesses (PDF, 1.6MB)

eProcurement

• eAuctions Policy Statement (PDF, 85KB)
• eAuctions - Getting Started
• eAuctions - Decision Tools
• eProcurement Documents 
• eSourcing  
• Government Procurement Card
• Case Studies

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