Competitive pricing procedures manual - Ch 4 Tendering procedures - professional services
Summary
This chapter describes the steps to follow for the procurement of professional services.
- 4 Tendering procedures - Professional services
- 4.1 Tendering authority procedures
- 4.2 Invitation to tender
- 4.3 Expedited tender procedures
- 4.4 Short-listed procedures
- 4.5 Tender evaluation specification
- 4.6 Tender evaluation process
- 4.7 Tender evaluation - Brook's Law method
- 4.8 Tender evaluation - weighted attribute method
- 4.9 Tender evaluation - target price method
- 4.10 Tender negotiation
- 4.11 Notification procedures
- 4.12 Conformity with RFT
- 4.13 Use of particular inputs
4 Tendering procedures - Professional services
This table sets out the various tender evaluation methods available to tendering authorities for professional services as described in this Part C of the Manual.
| PROFESSIONAL SERVICES – METHOD SELECTION MATRIX | |||
| Tender Evaluation Method | Contract $ Value | ||
| $50,000 or less | From $50,000 to $100,000 | More than $100,000 | |
| Negotiation | Yes (refer Section 4.3.1) |
No | No |
| Lowest Price Conforming Tender Method | Yes (refer Sections 4.3.2 to 4.3.4 and 4.3.7) |
Yes (refer Sections 4.3.2 to 4.3.4 and 4.3.7) |
No |
| Simplified Brook’s Law | Yes (refer Sections 4.3.2 to 4.3.4 and 4.3.6) |
Yes (refer Sections 4.3.2 to 4.3.4 and 4.3.6) |
No |
| Simplified Weighted Attribute Method | Yes (refer Sections 4.3.2 to 4.3.5) |
Yes (refer Sections 4.3.2 to 4.3.5) |
No |
| Quality-Price Trade Off Method | Yes (refer Appendix J) |
Yes (refer Appendix J) |
Yes (refer Appendix J) |
| Brook’s Law | Yes (refer Section 4.7) |
Yes (refer Section 4.7) |
Yes (refer Section 4.7) |
| Weighted Attribute Method | Yes (refer Section 4.8) |
Yes (refer Section 4.8) |
Yes (refer Section 4.8) |
| Target Price Method | Yes (refer Section 4.9) |
Yes (refer Section 4.9) |
Yes (refer Section 4.9) |
Key (No) = not permitted (Yes) = permitted
Note: For projects with a dollar value of less than $50,000 negotiation is considered the most appropriate method because administration costs will be less and hence a more reasonable proportion of total contract value. Similarly for projects with a dollar value between $50,000 and $100,000 the most appropriate method is likely to be one of the other expedited procedures.
