Where appropriate, shortlisted bidders will be invited to present their bids to the market testing panel and a further period of assessment will follow. This will include a series of interviews and letters of clarification.
During this period references will also be taken up for each of the shortlisted bidders and a series of site visits may also be undertaken.
Following this second round evaluation initial scores will be revisited and amended if appropriate. A report will be prepared for each of the agreed areas of evaluation. These will then be combined on a summary matrix and compared on price and also against a benchmark comparison to assess value for money and affordability.