Cert IV in Procurement and Contracting – Procurement Stream – Final Activity 8 – General Questions – ATO

Explain when, in the procurement process, you would obtain approval of the Tender Evaluation Plan and why?

List five internal stakeholders you would inform when the Grants Learning Program is signed and why you believe they need to know the contract has been signed.

Is it true that you should notify all potential suppliers of the evaluation outcome as soon as you have finished the tender evaluation? Why/Why not?

If you were a member of the Tender Evaluation Panel and you discover during evaluation that you have a conflict of interest, how should you handle it?

You have completed the tender evaluation process and identified that there were no negotiation issues. Your report and the draft contract are with the Delegate who is currently considering the issues, but you have been advised by the Delegate that s/he is pretty happy with everything. The Delegate is suddenly taken ill before the Tender Evaluation Report (TER) or Contract is approved and signed off, and it is likely that s/he will be out of the office for the next two weeks. It is urgent that the contract starts next week.

– As you know that the Delegate is pretty happy with everything and anticipated approving everything the day s/he went sick, is it okay to let the contractor start and get all the paperwork signed later when the Delegate is back?
– Why/Why not?

Following a tender debriefing, a disgruntled tenderer advises you they are not happy with how you have handled the tender process or the selection decision you have made and wish to lodge a formal complaint.

– What advice will you give them?