Decide your Lot
Lot Structure
This Framework has two Lots covering the following different services:
- Lot 1 - Additional Voluntary Contribution Services (AVC)
- Lot 2 - Advisory Services in Relation to Additional Voluntary Contribution Services
You can appoint a Provider for a long term arrangement from Lots 1 and 2. This is done by running a Further Competition.
You can Direct Award from Lot 2 ‘as and when’ you have a specific, one-off piece of work, however if you need a longer-term arrangement you will need to run a Further Competition.
Full service descriptions for each Lot can be found in the Specification of Requirements. You will need to review and customise the Specification of Requirements to suit your own specific requirements and include within your Further Competition Document.
Planning your Call-Off
As part of your preparation you should consider the following:
- The expiry date of your current contract and the termination and exit provisions
- Implementation period termination
- Contract period:
- Lot 1: contracts can be awarded under the Framework for a maximum contract length of twenty (20) years from the Further Competition Award date. No contract awarded from the Framework will be permitted to extend beyond 21 April 2048
- Lot 2: contracts can be awarded under the Framework for a maximum contract length of four years from the Further Competition Award date. No contract awarded from the Framework will be permitted to extend beyond 21 April 2032
- Key personnel necessary for the completion of the project
- Performance and quality standards required
- What service level requirements you have
- Any data that you need to make available
- Contract monitoring arrangements
- Confidentiality and commercially sensitive information that may be involved with this contract
- Pricing
- Review Provider Catalogues to understand each Provider's response to the Specification of Requirements.