Research Funded Equipment Procurement
The following notes; ' Research Funded Equipment Procurement' and 'Delegations' are intended to guide you through the procurement process required by funding councils.
Our part would be on the tendering, legal, contractual and procedural side of the process. We can also provide guidance on bid evaluation, managing negotiations and whole life costing procedures as applicable. We are often able to award tenders in less than 10 working days (if they are not subject to European Community directives).
It will greatly assist us here at the Procurement Office if you would :
- Copy any correspondence from the funding councils/trusts to the Procurement Office
- Provide a generic specification and a list of equipment to be tendered
- Provide list of individual equipment to include items under the tender threshold
- Indicate consumable costs
It is important to note that for audit and accounting purposes, equipment purchase from the same source should not be split into separate orders over a period of time.
Please remember that we are an extension of your own administration and are here to help to ensure that the process is smooth and fully meets your own and the research council's requirement for best practice in procurement.