You can buy from this agreement by direct award, further competition or by using our complementary aggregation service.
You don’t need to register to use the agreement unless you want to use any of our tools, for example, the government eMarketplace or eSourcing tool. Sign up to the government eMarketplace.
To use the agreement you will need to:
- Read the guidance documents
- Determine your requirement (this can be for software or a number of support services associated with the software market, or any combination of the above)
Direct award
Call offs can only be completed where:
1) The requirement must be intrinsically linked to a system already within the customers organisation
2) The products they are looking to award must be present on the Government eMarketplace
3) Framework Schedule 6 Order Form must be signed by both supplier and customer noting that the only schedules highlighted in yellow that can be used are Call Off Schedule 19 and Call Off Schedule 21
Further competition
You should award on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender and must provide suppliers with the methodology behind the evaluation, including the evaluation criteria and weightings that are applied to each. Electronic reverse auctions can be undertaken as part of a further competition under all lots.
Please make sure you provide suppliers with sufficient information so that we can meet your requirements effectively.
Aggregation
We also use our complementary aggregation service to bring together customers with similar requirements
- we leverage the volume to create greater commercial benefits for customers
- we manage the procurement process from start to finish
- email aggregation@crowncommercial.gov.uk for more information
If you need any assistance in completing your procurement, please contact our helpdesk on 0345410 2222 or email info@crowncommercial.gov.uk.
