Pre-qualification questionnaires [Archived]

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Pre-qualification questionnaires [Archived]

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Published by a LexisNexis Local Government expert

Practice notes
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ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.

This archived Practice Note provides background reading on pre-Qualification questionnaires in Public procurement prior to the introduction of new statutory guidance and a revised standard form Selection Questionnaire (SQ) for above-threshold public procurement exercises under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, SI 2015/102. This Practice Note states the Law prior to 9 September 2016 and is not maintained. It is for background information only. For more information on the current regime, see Practice Note: Pre-qualification and selection questionnaires.

How pre-qualification questionnaires are used

In UK practice, the information needed to assess the credentials of bidders for public contracts is conventionally collected by means of a pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ).

In procedures governed by the EU public procurement rules (see Practice Note: Introduction to public contracts Procurement), the information collected through the PQQ is used to establish whether grounds for exclusion are met and to carry out qualitative selection of bidders.

See also Precedent: Pre-qualification questionnaire [Archived].

EU rules

PQQs used for EU procurements must comply with Part 2

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