Direct Award


A direct award is when all award criteria have already been evaluated for you. A direct award allows you to make an award to your chosen supplier without opening up your procurement exercise to other suppliers. This can be a fast and straightforward way to procure goods in a compliant way. This process is quick and easy and can be done in a matter of days. Frameworks can be set up in two ways to either allow for a direct award or a further competition.


Further Competition


A further competition is where you’ll set out your exact requirements and allow suppliers appointed onto a framework or DPS to give you their best solution and price for what you need. You can then evaluate the suppliers against your bespoke requirements. This is slightly more time consuming, but it’s still quicker than doing your own procurement. A further competition is also referred to sometimes as a mini competition.


Lot


This is usually part of the framework that’s been broken down into smaller sections/categories. Think of it like the YPO catalogue that’s broken down into sections e.g. pens, paper, chairs. Frameworks are often broken down this way into smaller areas, to encourage small and medium sized enterprises or organisations the opportunity to bid for public sector contracts and create competition so we can deliver the best value to our customers.


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