7. Alongside the PQQ, NHS Boards should issue a Memorandum of Information (MoI) which, amongst other things, sets out the background to the NHS Board, the PPP Scheme and any facets which the NHS Board may wish to stress. It would be expected that the MoI details to bidders the process from moving from PQQ submission to Invitation to Participate in Dialogue (ITPD) to Invitation to submit Final Tender (IFT).
8. On occasion, consortium members sub-contract extensively, which can make direct evaluation with those actually responsible for service delivery more difficult. If a NHS Board considers that a particular service is significant, it should be highlighted as key in the NHS Board's MoI.
9. Any subcontractors fulfilling roles identified by the NHS Board in its MoI as being key, should be requested to submit sufficient data to undertake the detailed PQQ evaluation as set out below. In this way, NHS Boards are able to introduce an element of flexibility into the evaluation process. This would be particularly important for projects where commonly subcontracted elements such as equipment or IM&T are unusually prominent. NHS Boards should use this facility judiciously and should not, as a matter of course, highlight all potentially subcontracted roles as being key.