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Pre-qualification questionnaire

OGC's pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) enables public sector purchasers to identify the most suitable suppliers to invite to tender for contracts.


Development and promulgation of a standard PQQ was a recommendation of the 2003 Better Regulation Task Force and Small Business Council procurement report considering how public sector bodies can improve small & medium sized enterprises (SMEs) access to the Government marketplace.


The model PQQ is specifically intended for use in procurements with a financial value beneath applicable EU thresholds.

The suite of documents comprises a core questionnaire and three supplementary modules (addressing Financial situation, Health and Safety and Equal Opportunities in slightly greater depth) that can be included at the purchaser's discretion.


The PQQ asks simple questions to establish suppliers' suitability to tender against the requirement and operates on a 'self-certification' basis, where supporting evidence need not be submitted (although it may be requested at tender stage). Accompanying guidance for completion of the PQQ (for suppliers) and evaluation of submitted PQQs (for purchasers) has also been developed.

Purchasers with construction and related requirements should consider using Constructionline as a tool to source suitable suppliers.  Constructionline is the DTI's accreditation scheme and is approved by Government.  More detail is available at http://www.constructionline.co.uk/.

This documentation is available to download as a guide to public bodies who may tailor it to their specific sub-EU threshold requirements.

To download, right-click the icons below and select 'save target as' to save to a local drive.


For more information, if you experience problems downloading the documents, or would like to be sent copies in MS Word format, please contact OGC's service desk.

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