Freedom of information response
Procurement policies
Please can you provide information on the authority's procurement policies and thresholds as relevant to software licensing? In particular:
Below what value threshold software licences can be purchased without requiring a competitive tendering process (in £, specifying whether this includes or excludes VAT), and whether this limit applies annually, per individual transaction etc.
Up to what value threshold (in £, specifying whether this includes or excludes VAT), single tender actions / direct awards can be considered.
What the policy or process is for deciding whether to use a single tender action / direct award.
Whether there is any requirement for software providers to the authority to be members of any procurement frameworks e.g. GCloud
If these questions can be most easily answered by sharing the authority's overall procurement policy, please feel free to do so.
Please can you provide information on the authority's procurement policies and thresholds as relevant to software licensing? In particular:
Below what value threshold software licences can be purchased without requiring a competitive tendering process (in £, specifying whether this includes or excludes VAT), and whether this limit applies annually, per individual transaction etc. – Please refer to the Council’s Contract Procedure Rule on the Council’s intranet page for the relevant threshold https://www.thurrock.gov.uk/constitution-of-council/thurrock-council-constitution
Up to what value threshold (in £, specifying whether this includes or excludes VAT), single tender actions / direct awards can be considered. - Please refer to the Council’s Contract Procedure Rule on the Council’s intranet page for the relevant threshold https://www.thurrock.gov.uk/constitution-of-council/thurrock-council-constitution
What the policy or process is for deciding whether to use a single tender action / direct award. - Please refer to the Council’s Contract Procedure Rule on the Council’s intranet page for the relevant threshold https://www.thurrock.gov.uk/constitution-of-council/thurrock-council-constitution
Whether there is any requirement for software providers to the authority to be members of any procurement frameworks e.g. GCloud - No
If these questions can be most easily answered by sharing the authority's overall procurement policy, please feel free to do so.
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